The philosophy of happiness, explained in 10 minutes | Jonny Thomson

Fascinating

I'm curious as to what your thoughts are on Maslow's hierarchy of needs in comparison with the three pillars of happiness?

The Secret Of Happiness Is Sadness, If You Want To Become More Happy , Be Ready For More Sadness Than !
Nothing is easy !
If It Were Easy , Life Would Be So Boring and Dull Its The Difficulties Which Makes It Exciting ,
You Call It Life , I See It as A Play ,
Have You Ever Seen A Child Cry and Sad When He's Playing ? Ha Falling On Ground And Hurt During The Play Is Quite A Different Thing Its natural

Why Happiness ? Why Not Strength ? Looks like Think Big Forgot To Think Big

There is no end point as a temporary state of chemical balance is the point itself. We do everything as a living biological being to release hormones to achieve a feeling.
Happiness exists only as the opposite to misery. They simply can't exist without the other.
You can either embrace your biological impulse and achieve a state of highs and lows or.....reflect and use the conscious override feature embedded in each and every one of us and recognise the prison in which we reside. Accept what you are and let it all go.

Thank you for this enlightening exploration of happiness through the lens of Aristotle, Taoism, and broader philosophical traditions. 🌱 The metaphor of the thorny forest beautifully illustrates how the search for happiness often leads us down paths we don’t fully understand until hindsight offers clarity.

The three pillars resonate deeply - happiness beyond pleasure, moderation as a guide, and the inextricable link between virtue and true joy. It’s a gentle reminder that flourishing often emerges from balance and kindness, not the fleeting highs of hedonism. How do others reconcile these pillars with the demands of modern life? Curious to hear your thoughts.

I thought this was a very convoluted way to conceptualise happiness. There’s been a few philosophers that have been on big think who have done a better job (imo) explaining it

I thought I recognized him

I think of a Japanese neuroscientist, Dr. Kenichiro Mogi. He wrote a book about "生き甲斐". I think he knows well in this field.

Happiness is pleasure, or at least the cessation of displeasure.

Bro just tricked normies to listen to Aristotle. Well done.

"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

The correct pronunciation of “Nichomachean” is with the stress on the penultimate syllable: the ‘e’.

People's definition of happiness changes as we get older, develop, and change. What made us happy as a child is different than what makes us happy as a teenager, twenty-something, 30 something, and so on.

Didn't this just describe epicureanism?

A good, happy, loving human being has no followers, follows no one, and needs no recreational drugs, no weapons, no flags, no holy books, no religions, no churches, no saviors, no gods.
Without love and sense of humor there is unhappiness and life is meaningless.
💕☮🌎🌌

“We’re here to just mess about. Don’t let anyone tell you different.” Paraphrasing Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Happiness is not a goal, it is a result of activity.

Thank God. Please more video about this

I watch a ton of big thing videos, this is easily one of the best

It's actually four pillars; if you want to experience supersensuous joy, you should be following all these four pillars and balancing them accordingly.
The first one is the study of spiritual knowledge to understand the divinity of the supreme being and your relationship with the universe, time, and life.
The second is meditation, or remembrance. If you believe in the divine living being that is more powerful than the universe, make sure to remind yourself constantly throughout your day so that you can feel the connection and joy at the same time.
The third is the practice of divine virtues; if you believe that you are connected to a divine living being, make some efforts to project it through your lifestyle (one of the special virtues is love, altruistic love).
and the last is the service you provide to others without even the slightest expectation of its return (altruistic server)
And all the other day-to-day activities give you and make you experience the deepest reality within you; it can be your child, or your spouse, or your work; everything makes you feel that fulfillment, and it's always there in the universe until you see it.

Thats 11 minutes...

Fantastic! I feel like I just received an extremely useful 10 min distillation of his PhD thesis.

“1 coffee with a friend, that’s enjoyable, but if I have 7 coffees, not so much”… hold my coffee

Wow! this is just mind blowing!!
The best thing here in this "scientific" video is that it makes hapiness measurable in a way...
Just great!!

I’m happy that I woke up still not dead again today! But, then again, maybe not!

Absolutely amazing video, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us! ✨️

I will be forever thankful to Mrs. (Scarlett) for her amazing performance and dedication, she is just too good at trading, and she has proven to me her skills in trading. Thanks very much, Mrs (Scarlett )

Great video, but you miss what's essential about Buddhism and happiness. Buddhists don't "meditate on the universe." They meditate on the self so they can see that it is just a delusion and then meditate on letting go of this delusion. Happiness arises from the letting go.

Happiness is a fleeting moment. The pursuit of happiness is an evolutionary survival mechanism.
Its like feeling full or hungry if we constantly felt full we would starve to death. If we constantly felt completely happy we might just say be content to sit in or own muck with no need or desire to move.
And what make you happy changes eating icecream might make you happy but if u were forced to eat it for every meal for weeks it would make you unhappy.
People need to learn how to be grateful

This is amazing, like a philosophical meta-analysis! So incredibly explained and edited too, a new fave for sure.

To me, happiness comes in moments , often unexpectedly. Trying to plan or create happiness can be futile and disappointing. Pleasure is only as good as its peak and it usually comes at a cost. I try aiming for contentment and satisfaction and let happiness come as it may. Happiness to all !

Amazing, always happy, guys

I think it’s something beyond happiness, I think it’s probably just existing and not feel negativity. Maybe feeling contempt with life? Maybe it’s enlightenment.

I wish he would have noted that the core of Buddhism is the middle path.

This video explains nothing about happiness

Great video. Thank you for sharing this. A question - are there any patterns in the occurrence or recurrence of these pillars? Thanks.

Love it .

“It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.”
― Arthur Schopenhauer

The thing about justice is that it is something we generally have a need for but which we don’t actually have. A sense of justice is a cognitive construct created by the mind but justice itself does not exist in the external reality.

You are defining things alone without adding the environmental, social, cultural, genetic, evolutionary factors into the equation. We are not living alone. This is not the right perspective... and also we can't find a universal law that works for everyone, make all people happy.
For example: Virtue. Imagine living in a world where people mostly only care about themselves and their own interests and will do anything for it. In this type of world, you will lose the game if you are virtuous.

Thank you

Epicurus argued that most healthy people are naturally born happy. Young healthy people are naturally happy. They find happiness in simple things, like jumping, hopping, and playing.
Epicurus argued that happiness is maintained by avoiding things that make us unhappy. Happiness is not achieved by wealth or indulgence. We don't have to strive for happiness. Happiness is maintained by moderation, friendship, and simple pleasures.

How can I thank you? you brought philospphy into our modern daily life! it is awesome❤

Physiology plays an important role in happiness, or lack thereof.

What about “im unhappy because someone important to me has died”…

i wouldn't trust a westerner on this lmao

There have been times when I've seemed happy outwardly but were some of the most stressful times of my life. Which put a damper on my happiness at the time.

Videos like this have a lot to do with why people are so unhappy - they think happiness (and philosophy) can be explained - and understood - in 10 minutes.

that was useful than all my university degrees combined

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