Virtue =\/ Happiness<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bias in philosophy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The end-game is to maximize your personal happiness (often hedonic happiness).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Then comes the notion of ‘eudaemonia’ (human flourishing) or it literally means in Greek: Good (eu) + Daemonia (your inner-spirit, soul).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do you do once you’ve maxed out your happiness stats?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I have had many days where I have maxed out my happiness stats. I felt like a 12\/10 in terms of the happiness scale. But once I hit it \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 it was kind of ‘whatever’. Which made me think:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps there is a more interesting and noble goal than base happiness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Beyond happiness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Then this is my thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To continually self-develop yourself is the goal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Not self “improvement” (self improvement assumes that there is something defunct with you). No; there is nothing wrong with you. You are already great. The goal then is to augment your (already existing) awesome to the max and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What types of self development?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It seems the best form of self development is a combination of almost everything. For me, I like this idea:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Augment your physical and physiological strength (powerlifting, muscle augmentation) to the max, be cut (less than 10% body fat, so you can see your 6-pack), and also augment your artistic, creative, and philosophical spirit to the max.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Then the goal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Use your own life as an experiment to see how far you can thrive!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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