![]() ![]() When we think, “I’ll study Stoicism and see if I can be more happy,” or, “I’ll take up meditation and cultivate happiness,” Zhuangzi sees this as making a fundamental mistake. He thinks that in searching for happiness, we are just running around and making our lives more difficult. He thinks that aspiring to happiness is counter-productive. What could be wrong with this? Zhuangzi’s answer is that everything is wrong with this. Much of the culture of thinking about happiness is aspirational. Zhuangzi offers a challenge to many of the ways we think about happiness. ![]() His approach to happiness was different from that of Confucius. Today’s philosopher is Zhuangzi (sometimes written Chuang-Tzu). Today, we are going to be looking at another philosopher from China. Episode #9 of the course The philosophy of happiness by Dr. ![]()
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