I recently received an email from Expedia.com asking me to complete a survey. Among the questions you were asked to rate the following things out of a maximum of 10: “Your relationship with your family” “Your financial situation” “Your health” “Your love life. (truly!) “Your happiness Expedia is a travel company that books trips and …
“We believe that, because the desire for happiness is both natural and necessary, and because when we don’t have it we struggle to attain it, this philosophy, this science of happiness, Epicureanism, is a natural and necessary body of knowledge. It’s also pleasant and easy to learn and implement. We also believe that it’s only …
This from the Free Dictionary on the web: ep•i•cu•re•an (??p ? ky??ri ?n, -?ky??r i-) adj. 1. having luxurious tastes or habits, esp. in eating and drinking. 2. fit for an epicure. 3. (cap.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Epicurus or Epicureanism. n. 4. an epicure. 5. (cap.) a disciple of Epicurus. The first …
I understand that your are very inclined toward sexual passion, which is acceptable as long as you violate no laws, do not offend your fellow citizens, harm or injure yourself or your neighbors, or waste your possessions. The probability is that you will be checked by one or all of these provisos, for a man …
The Indian Supreme Court has reaffirmed its earlier judgement pronouncing a 19th Century British law banning homosexuality as valid, and describing homosexuality as “an unnatural crime”. Vikram Seth, a well known novelist in English, has written this poem in response: Through Love’s Great Power Through love’s great power to be made whole In mind and …
