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The false desire for happiness

The false desire for happiness

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Sam Mace
May 08, 2024
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‘you’ve become more miserable since you’ve got your dream  job’

All too often we associate desires with five star hotels, big houses, powerful cars, and gourmet restaurants. Yet, desires transcend the material and encompass a wider range of needs such as spiritual and ideological as well as the material. The maximalist impulse for more is seen in diverse…

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