Single Idea 14849

[catalogued under 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness]

Full Idea

The destiny of men is designed for happy moments (every life has those), but not for happy eras.

Gist of Idea

We can only achieve happy moments, not happy eras

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Human, All Too Human [1878], 471)

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Human, All Too Human', ed/tr. Faber,Marion [Penguin 1994], p.222


A Reaction

The vicissitudes of life (my favourite word!) are such that even the most serene and well-adjusted person is going to be perturbed on several days of the week, even if only by the unhappiness of the people around them.