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humbleElitist_ t1_j6ns2sk wrote

Reply to comment by SteveCake in Happiness is an essentially nihilistic ideal — it is the best goal to follow when there is nothing else on the table. A meaningful life on the other hand can embrace more of life including struggles and suffering because it is oriented towards a higher ideal by thelivingphilosophy

Is happiness really the antonym of suffering? I would think the antonym of suffering would be more like, “enjoyment” and/or “contentment”, or something like one of those.

The opposite of “happiness” would be, I think, “unhappiness”.

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Insanity_Pills t1_j6oiwm8 wrote

I forget which greek philosopher it was specifically, but their conception of Happiness was closer to that. The greek word “Eudonia” has been loosely translated to mean “happiness,” however it more closely translates to “fulfillment,” “contentment,” etc. So often when some of those greek philosophers were discussing Happiness, they really meant fulfillment, which is very different from what we understand happiness to mean.

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