Something neat
I got this out of my Humanities class, it's the only thing I actually found interesting in a class that I've just bsed for the entire semester.
Here’s a little quiz to go with the chapter on happiness. Look at the list below. If you could have one thing from the list, what would it be? You can say why if you like, but it’s not required.
· Financial wealth
· Vast knowledge
· A harem (men or women)
· A great talent
· Power
· Health
· Inner peace
The point of the question, I should explain, is influenced by the story of Faust, a figure in European literature who sold his soul for earthly pleasures. It’s a story (I think) about how we might think we know what we want, but when we get it we discover we’re sometimes wrong.
Pick one, I'll have what I picked and the explaination in a comment.
Here’s a little quiz to go with the chapter on happiness. Look at the list below. If you could have one thing from the list, what would it be? You can say why if you like, but it’s not required.
· Financial wealth
· Vast knowledge
· A harem (men or women)
· A great talent
· Power
· Health
· Inner peace
The point of the question, I should explain, is influenced by the story of Faust, a figure in European literature who sold his soul for earthly pleasures. It’s a story (I think) about how we might think we know what we want, but when we get it we discover we’re sometimes wrong.
Pick one, I'll have what I picked and the explaination in a comment.