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04/14/2003 Entry: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Again and Again"

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Again ... or should we say a gain. Most of the queries to this site look for 'happiness'. What is this 'happiness'. We'll be returning to this topic many many times no doubt. [we have ... A rather extended happiness bibliography is located here, limited subsets are here and here... the happiness hunt is on ...]

Merriam Webster provides this definition:
Main Entry: hap·pi·ness
Pronunciation: 'ha-pi-n&s
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 obsolete : good fortune : PROSPERITY
2 a : a state of well-being and contentment : JOY b : a pleasurable or satisfying experience
3 : FELICITY, APTNESS

its a bit strange to see the date '15 th century' associated with happiness. Is the concept this novel? Probably not ;-) but then again, maybe very few people really got to enjoy happiness. I wonder what the stats are. If you are hunting Thomas Jefferson's perspective ... well there's a lot more ...

Thomas Jefferson Still Survives: Thomas Jefferson, in His Own Words, Speaks Out on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness by Mike Thorsen

In Pursuit of Happiness and Good Government by Charles Murray

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: Documents in American History, Volume I by P Corbett, Ronald Naugle

Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture by Jack P. Greene

The Pursuit of Happiness (Mysteries of the Mind - Special Issue) : A Scientific American article [DOWNLOAD: PDF] by David G. Myers (Author), Ed Diener (Author) (Digital)

Albertanus of Brescia: The Pursuit of Happiness in the Early Thirteenth Century (Middle Ages Series)
by James M. Powell

Sexual Rights in America: The Ninth Amendment and the Pursuit of Happiness
by Paul Abramson

Some people believe that Bass Fishing tops the Pursuit of Happiness activites ... who are we to stand in judgement?