[lbo-talk] Crisis and revolution (Was Re: offlist)

[Miles Jackson]

Mr. WD wrote:
> Absolutely.  Nietzsche was certainly in favor of self-flourishing.
> What's good for you, though, isn't always going to make you happy
> and/or content.  For example, some people might be less content if
> they give up their religious superstitions, even if doing so is
> essential to certain kinds of intellectual development.  A life
> well-lived is not necessarily a happy life (although it certainly can
> be -- it probably often is).
>
> -WD
>
>   
I was going to reply to Michael P., but WD already said what I was going 
to say.  There is a huge difference between "self flourishing" or "self 
development" and being happy.  --Further: the American devotion to 
"being happy" is more or less irrelevant to meaningful self development.

Miles