This episode considers unusual words for conversations about happiness, examining their origins and recognisable words from the same root. Words featured include gaiety, delectation, sangfroid, equanimity, ananda and rapturous.
Hear the history of Jeremy Bentham's attempt to systematically assess pleasure and pain as a guide for moral action.
Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/eudaimonia
https://blogs.library.mcgill.ca/osler-library/aequanimitas/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqfjUTqDGRw
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