Summary of "La felicidad es una búsqueda que dura toda la vida". Victoria Camps, filósofa

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Victoria Camps, a philosopher, discusses the idea of happiness being a lifelong pursuit. She says that it is possible to live in many ways and be happy in each of them. Pico de la Mirandola, a philosopher from the 16th century, said that the human dignity resides in our ability to choose how to live. We can choose better or worse lives. Here is the trick and the paradox of freedom: to be happy, you must build it yourself. However, happiness requires effort every day.

• 00:00:00 Victoria Camps, a philosopher, discusses the idea of happiness being a lifelong pursuit. She says that it is possible to live in many ways and be happy in each of them. Pico de la Mirandola, a philosopher from the 16th century, said that the human dignity resides in our ability to choose how to live. We can choose better or worse lives. Here is the trick and the paradox of freedom: to be happy, you must build it yourself. However, happiness requires effort every day. Life has many limitations and many setbacks. Despite this, being happy is the goal of living. Every philosopher teaches this lesson in a different way. For example, Aristotelian happiness is achieved by doing what makes you happy, what brings you joy. Today, when we talk about teaching people to be happy, it seems like we are looking for a formula or an assignment that will teach us how to be happy. Or we are looking for a magic pot that will give us happiness. This is not the case. Happiness is learned by experience. Nobody teaches a child how to be happy when they are sad or when they are happy. They learn to control these emotions by learning what makes them happy and what doesn't. I believe