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The Pursuit of Happiness
- Everyone pursues happiness, satisfaction, and fulfillment in life.
- Even achieving deep desires like career success or love often leaves a deeper dissatisfaction.
Two Approaches to Happiness
- The ancient way to deal with dissatisfaction is suppressing desires, believing happiness is an illusion.
- The modern way is pursuing passions, believing happiness is external.
Modern Responses to Disappointment
- Tim Keller describes four potential outcomes for modern people disappointed in their pursuit of happiness: franticness, anger, self-hatred, and cynicism.
- He illustrates cynicism with C.S. Lewis's concept of the "disillusioned sensible person."