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A Distinction Regarding Happiness in Ancient Philosophy
- Social Research: An International Quarterly
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 77, Number 2, Summer 2010
- pp. 595-624
- 10.1353/sor.2010.0075
- Article
- Additional Information
This article argues for the importance of distinguishing the form of a theory of happiness from its content. It applies this distinction to ancient ethics, to show that almost all ancient philosophers subscribed to the same basic form or conception of happiness while differing over the details or content of happiness.