[Book Sip] "Moderate Duties and Constraints Needed for Life's Meaning"

Some sentences encapsulate the entire content of the book itself, while others instantly reach the reader's heart, creating a connection with the book. We introduce such meaningful sentences excerpted from the book. - Editor's note

The bestselling author and global thinker finds the purpose and meaning of life in ancient wisdom and the words of sages. This is because almost everything we talk about happiness today has already been well organized in various classics. He guides readers on a journey of exploring happiness, pointing out that in the flood of information, people fail to properly select the indicators of happiness that are truly necessary for themselves.

People commuting on roads clogged with traffic still arrive at work with elevated stress hormones. Therefore, making efforts to improve commuting conditions is a worthwhile endeavor. (p. 187)

Among the conditions of life, what is generally considered to outweigh all else in importance is how many close and numerous human relationships a person maintains. Good relationships make people happy, and happy individuals enjoy more and better relationships compared to those who are unhappy. (p. 189)

While those living alone had the highest probability of committing suicide, married individuals had a much lower probability. From this, Durkheim concluded that people need various obligations and constraints to give a certain framework and meaning to their lives. (p. 260)

Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Happiness | Written by Jonathan Haidt | Translated by Wang Sumin | Bookie | 504 pages | 20,000 KRW

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