SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM 2016

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

ESSAY QUIZ 1
Happiness (Socrates, Epicurus, Aristotle)
1. Define happiness.
2. Explain the meaning of greatest happiness principle.
3. Explain the meaning of ataraxia.
4. According to Socrates, how can we obtain or achieve happiness?
5. According to Epicurus, what are the two distinction of desires? Explain.
6. Explain the meaning of The Golden Mean according to Aristotle. How will
it affect in the attainment of happiness?
7. According to Aristotle, what is it that makes human beings different from
the rest of the animal kingdom?
8. According to Aristotle, what is the most important virtues in achieving the
goal of happiness?
Explain the meaning of the following: (just choose two)
9. The unexamined life is not worth living.
10.All men naturally desire happiness, then we should all seek to live a just
life.
11.Pleasure is not the goal of existence, however, but rather an integral
aspect of the exercise of virtue in a fully human life.
12.That we all desire happiness as an end in itself, and all other things are
desired as a means for producing happiness.
13.Happiness depends on ourselves.
14.Happiness is not a private affair.