第13章 幸福之道 1（第1页）

第13章幸福之道（1）

&oHappiness

佚名Anonymous

Itisaongmoraliststhatyouotgethappinessbypursuingit。Thisisonlytrueifyoupursueitunwisely。GamblersatMonteCarlmoney，andmostofthemloseitihereareotherursuingmoney，whisucceed。Soisitiness。Ifyoupursueitbymeansofdrink，ythehangover。Epicuruspursueditbylivingonlyinialsodeatingonlydrybread，supplementedbyalittlefeastdays。Hismethodprovedsuchiscase，buthewasavaletudinarian，andmostpeoplewouldhingmorous。Formostpeople，thepursuitofhappiness，unlesssupplementedinvariousways，istooabstradtheoreticaltobeadequateasapersonalruleoflife。ButIthinkthatersonalruleoflifeyoumaychooseitshouldinrareandheroiccases，beinpatibleiness。

Thereareagreatmanypeoplewhohaveallthematerialsofhappihandasuffie，aheless，areprofoundlyunhappy。Insuchcasesitwouldseemasifthefaultmustliewithawroohowtolive。Inonesense，wemaysaythataohowtoliveiswrong。Weimagineourselvesmoredifferentfromtheanimalsthanweare。Animalsliveonimpulse，andarehappyasloernalsarefavorable。Ifyouhaveacatitwillehasfoodandortunitiesforanoalnightoiles。Yourneedsaremoreplexthanthoseofyourcat，buttheystillhavetheirbasisininstincivilizedsocieties，espeEnglish-speakihisistooapttotten。Peopleproposetothemselvessomeoneparamouive，arainallimpulsesthatdonotmi。Abusinessmanmaybesoanxioustogrowrichthattothisendhesacrificeshealthaiohehasbeeriopleasureremainstohimexceptharryingotherpeoplebyexhortationstoimitatehisnobleexample。Manyrichladies，althoughehanyspontaneouspleasureiureorart，decidetobethoughtcultured，andspendbhtherightthingtosayaboutfashiohatarewritte，nottoaffordopportunitiesfordustysnobbism。