Happines and Contemplation

joy is Contemplation Happiness is secured through virtue it is a wide attained by patch s own get out. In his book Happiness and reflection Josef Pieper reassures this statement. And, in a systematic way he devoutly presents, the tlrst halt ot his book to the trial run ot gratification the Importance of Its linguistic extr sue, from the simple way to the spiritual, why we believe mirth, and the nature of our longing for It, The metaphysics of joy, the possibility of enjoyment and goodness of be survive or f any together, the cause of happiness, the relationship between happiness and Joy, as well as the agent to happiness.The latter he argues is contemplation which he sees as an Intultlve perception ot the universal good enthused and sharpened by love. contemplation us such Is gradually assembled to the Idea of the need of clement happiness with different meanings and alms he bring to an ends that Contemplation Is d focusing on the sexual gaze, undistracted by anyth ing from outside, notwithstanding troubled from within by the challenge to execute a profounder?. peace. Happiness is sold as a product in the marketing world and we as hu mans boldly buy we as society tall Into the trap otthe old tormula greatest happiness. tor the greatest number. (13) so It comes to us Ilke a surprise when we hear that mans net happiness consists in contemplation. It would not be wise to discard the proposition that contemplation is man happiness, however we deeply analyze the meaning of the word and the roots of it.Happiness is grow in divinity and therefore in beatitude Happiness has some(prenominal) meanings in vernacular language, but, none of them cast any connection with the splrlt or virtue ot the person, they are all cited to the enjoyment or pleasure of the body. St. doubting Thomas estates happiness as an attainment of d created good and all humans squeeze out experience It In many different ays, from the insobriety of water when proneness y to the enjoyment of the company of a loved one. in time the appearance of happiness in expiation is not enough. The pursuit of happiness comes to us as human nature, we want happiness by nature. because we are the only universes that can feel It. it would be unnatural to think that an beast feel happiness. so, to us Is a necessity and should be our ultimate human goal because this Is something that we cannot control, with this we conclude that happiness should be the ultimate goal of human life. Human nature conditions human souls to desire happiness, til now though arguments gainst this design talent arise ultimately we can say that men entrust have not the power to not want happiness.Happiness as a concept ot satiation ot our own pursuit, provides for us the drink that will sausfy our thirst, and analyzing the complexness of human nature and all the needs of humans we only have to look up to the only perfect macrocosm, The only one who is dexterous by his mere existenc e. To God alone may perfect beatitude be attributed, by virtue of his nature. (28) Looking to happiness as discontinue of human nature and looking up to God as the ultimate happy being, the summa reassures this tor us as St Thomas concludes that Any human being who Is happy share In happiness that Is not of himself.For God, existence. By this we conclude that God and happiness are the same, we fall in the same evidence God as an impaired divine being. Exploring more the concept of Happiness as a pursuit and an end we come to explore a metaphor where we see happiness as a thirst and we relate this thirst, as seeking happiness as a satiation of the will which demands quenching and this quenching of the thirst is happiness.However, this simple metaphor can run in two parts one looking to happiness as drink and the other with happiness as rinking This can fall into the satisfaction of a non virtuous nature, as humans our thirsts sometimes go to extremes, man seek fame, fortune, wea lth, and pleasures to quench our thirst but ultimately we realize that our happiness depends upon the glory of God. Because of this holy longing we are guided to conclude that the greatest happiness is sharing in eternity. So the satiation of this hunger and thirst only will not be satiated unless we partake of God himself.Is happiness nothing but gladness overflowing, infinite Joy? St. Thomas will say NO. Happiness without Joy is unthinkable but they are two different things. In the Summa both concepts get splendid as Thomas explains it. Therefore a person rejoices because he possesses a good appropriate to himwhether in reality, or in hope, or at least in memory. The appropriate good, however, if it is perfect, is precisely the mans happiness Thus it is perspicuous that no t even the Joy which follows the possession of the perfect good is the essence of happiness itself. Enjoying life, filling with meaningful things, like serving others, being charitable, surrendering yourself t o God, doing the right thing when is needed. All these things ring Joy to my heart the ends of my lettering to them are only building on my happiness as a man. Differentiating we conclude that Joy is essentially secondary, the response to happiness. But, Joy has not solve beyond itself. Happiness as the attainment of the whole good even though is difficult to find the meaning of the word attain we can conclude that is the means we use to reach our goal, so we find happiness being the result of acting and doing.The idea of happiness as action reach to three propositions, happiness means perfection perfection means realization realization comes from acting. Happiness means erfection, In perfect cheer the whole man is perfected, Perfection means full realization felicity must consist in mans attainment of the uttermost degree of being real. Realization is achieved by action in analyzing this concept one might think of this of being an outward action, but, this should be done so this clay within the person himself.