attainment of happiness

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• attainment — noun formal 1 (U) success in getting something or reaching a particular level: the attainment of happiness 2 (C) something that you have succeeded in getting or learning, such as a skill …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Happiness — • The primary meaning of this term in all the leading European languages seems to involve the notion of good fortune, good chance, good happening Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Happiness     Happiness …   Catholic encyclopedia

• happiness — /hap ee nis/, n. 1. the quality or state of being happy. 2. good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. [1520 30; HAPPY + NESS] Syn. 1, 2. pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction. HAPPINESS, BLISS,… …   Universalium

• FĀRĀBĪ, ABŪ NAṢR MUḤAMMAD, AL-° — (c. 870–c. 950), one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval Islamic world. Al Fārābī had considerable influence on Jewish philosophers, particularly maimonides . Having spent most of his life in baghdad , he became associated in 942 with… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …   History of philosophy

• Cynicism — Cynic redirects here. For the modern understanding of the word cynicism , see Cynicism (contemporary). For other uses, see Cynic (disambiguation). Statue of an unknown Cynic philosopher from the Capitoline Museum in Rome. This statue is a Roman… …   Wikipedia

• Averroës — /euh ver oh eez /, n. 1126? 98, Arab philosopher in Spain. Also, Averrhoës. * * * ▪ Muslim philosopher Introduction medieval Latin  Averrhoës , also called  Ibn Rushd , Arabic in full  Abū al Walīd Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Rushd   born …   Universalium

• List of New Thought writers — Part of a series on related to New Thought Beliefs …   Wikipedia

• From the beginnings to Avicenna — Jean Jolivet INTRODUCTION Arabic philosophy began at the turn of the second and third centuries of the Hegira, roughly the ninth and tenth centuries AD. The place and the time are important. It was in 133/750 that the ‘Abbāssid dynasty came to… …   History of philosophy

• al-Farabi, Abu Nasr — (c. 257–337/870–950)    Dubbed the ‘Second Teacher’ (after Aristotle), al Farabi is a crucial early figure who set the stage for much subsequent Islamic philosophy, specifically that of the influential Peripatetic (mashsha’i) school. He was held… …   Islamic philosophy dictionary

• psychology —    The understanding and proper care or development of the human soul (nafs) is a matter of great concern within the Islamic philosophical tradition. It is a topic on which Qur’anic revelation and Greek philosophy intersect in provocative but… …   Islamic philosophy dictionary