Full Idea
Philosophy is an activity which secures the happy life by arguments and discussions.
Gist of Idea
Philosophy aims at a happy life, through argument and discussion
Source
Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]), quoted by Sextus Empiricus - Against the Ethicists (one book) VI.169
Book Reference
Sextus Empiricus: 'Against the Physicists/Against the Ethicists', ed/tr. Bury,R.G. [Harvard Loeb 1997], p.465
A Reaction
Presumably this aims at the happiness of the participant. Universal happiness would need to be much more political. If this is your aim then you can't just follow the winds of the argument, but must channel it towards happiness. No nasty truths?
Related Idea
Idea 241 We ought to follow where the argument leads us [Plato]