[Buddha-l] buddhism and brain studies

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Jackhat1 at aol.com schreef:
> In a message dated 11/15/2008 2:13:51 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
> jehms at xs4all.nl writes:
>  
> I've not read the book off course, but it seems to me that much  depends
> on what you call happiness and what pleasure. Most ancient  philosophers
> as well as the Buddha as far as I can see thought happiness to  be a
> more or less continuous state of wellbeing which is not or very  little
> dependend on circumstances. 
> ===
> Aristotle carried as far as saying that one could be happy or unhappy  while 
> dead. Happiness depended on a virtuous life. One had to wait until life  was 
> over to determine if one lived a virtuous life. This weighing of virtue  could 
> change after death because of the effect some of one's actions  while alive 
> might change.
>
>   
This is an interesting reading of Aristotle, which I'm not familiar 
with. Can you mention a source?


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Erik

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