What is Happiness?

Victor Saenz, Ph.D. candidate, Philosophy Department, Rice University

All of us, inescapably, find ourselves living a life. Further, we are all looking for happiness. But what is happiness? And what are we living for?

Through an exploration of the works of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Epicureans, Skeptics, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas, in concert with contemporary readings both popular and academic, this reading group will examine these questions.

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