Unit-13-Happiness.ppt

1、Unit 13 Happiness,Interview and discussion: Do you feel happy? How do you define happiness? What can make you happy?,Videos about happiness,Definitions of happiness by ancient philosophers: “the satisfaction of all our desires, impose no moral obligation or provide a standard of right and wrong in h

2、uman conduct.” “Although every man wishes to attain happiness, he can never say definitely and consistently what it is.” -Kant (German philosopher),“Everyone does not place his happiness in the same thing, or choose the same way.” “Though all mens desires tend to happiness, yet they are not moved by

3、 the same object. Men may choose different thing, and yet all choose right.” -Locke( English philosopher),“The most obvious mark of the happy man is that he wants for nothing. The happy life leaves nothing to be desired.” Aristotle (Greek philosopher) “Happiness is spiritual well-being, a harmony in

4、 the soul, an inner peace which results from the proper order of all the souls parts.” -Plato (Greek philosopher),“The just man will be happier than the unjust man, even if in all externals he seems to be at a disadvantage.” “The just man does not permit the several elements within him to interfere with one anotherHe sets in order his own inner life, and is his own master and his own law, and is at peace with himself.” -Socrates (Greek philosopher),Key to exercises: A: b B: 1. a 2.b 3.b 4.d 5.c 6.a 7.c 8.c 9.c D: 1.a 2.b 3.b 4.a 5.b 6.d 7.a 8.c 9.c 10.c 11.d