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Happiness is the test of conduct and the end of life, but it can only be reached by not making it the direct aim

Drawn from what John Stuart Mill said

Subjecthappiness
What this subject means

happiness What makes a life go well: whether it is meaning, love, virtue, enough money, or simply expecting less.

On the topicWhat makes a good life?under our view: Happiness is not a target: it follows from meaning, and chasing it drives it away

What John Stuart Mill actually said

  1. John Stuart Mill Philosopher (1806 to 1873), a utilitarian and liberal
    I never, indeed, wavered in the conviction that happiness is the test of all rules of conduct, and the end of life. But I now thought that this end was only to be attained by not making it the direct end.

    Where this was said

    ↗Autobiography (1873)gutenberg.org

    c. 1873

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