I was addressing Ted, not you. :)
But but but... that wasn't really my point. The Greeks and pre-Christians in general did not define "being a happy person" (Diogenes notwithstanding; we're speaking generally) with one's internal "feelings" at all. The Christians defined it as being related positively to God (again, not a subjective state -- often in fact in contradiction to that state). The run-of-the-mill post- or late-Christian (let's be honest -- everybody in the modern Western world is a Christian in their fundamental outlook, especially and most amusingly Carrol Cox) views it as "experiencing pleasurable sensations."
--- On Thu, 3/26/09, Philip Pilkington <pilkingtonphil at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well, my point was that "happiness" itself, no matter in
> what culture or
> with whatever etymology was never an emotion. Its an
> ideal.
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