120 philosophical essays you must read in your life

Chapter 115

Chapter 7

Life is a realm worth living.

Chapter 1 Knowing how to live

[French] Rousseau
In the course of this troubled life I have noticed that the periods of the sweetest and most intense pleasures are not those which, in recollection, fascinate and move me most.The short moments of this kind of fanaticism and passion can only be a few points sparsely scattered in the long river of life.Such moments are so rare, so brief, that they do not constitute a state.

And the happiness that my heart misses is not some fleeting moment, but a simple and permanent state. state of happiness.

Everything in the world is in constant flow, and nothing maintains a constant, definite form.And our feelings are either behind us or ahead of us, looking back at a past that no longer exists, or looking forward to a future that won't come.In our feelings there is nothing solid on which our hearts can rest.

Therefore, there are only fleeting pleasures in the world. As for lasting happiness, I doubt whether this world has ever existed.There are seldom moments in our strongest joys when our heart can truly say to us, "I wish this moment lasts forever." Lost time, such a wandering state of mind, how can it be called happiness?

【Together with you】

Love is people's emotional desire and the power to live; knowledge is people's intellectual needs and the possibility of a better life; sympathy for human beings is the value that people can live on.

And everyone has their own purpose in life. As long as there is a purpose, life can have a direction and is feasible, regardless of whether the purpose can be achieved in the end.

People who know how to enjoy life are not using the most abundant material to build the most comfortable and comfortable home, but enjoying life itself, including all the joys and sorrows, luck and misfortune in life.This is my life, and I find that people are worth living.If someone gives me another chance to live, I will gladly accept this rare gift.

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