Wittgenstein and the Ideal of Happiness in the Ancient Socratic Schools
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The aim of this paper is to examine various aspects of the problem of happiness in Wittgenstein’s philosophy in the light of the ideas and debates of the Socratic schools on this subject. After some brief considerations on the connection between happiness and virtue or excellence, the strategic function attributed to the idea of happiness both as a guide to, and as the ultimate meaning of, human existence, is analysed. The role played in this model of happiness by the Socratic ideals of autarchy and of an imperturbable attitude towards destiny is also examined.
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