Happiness Quote by Anonymous
““Claire Colebrook following Gilles Deleuze differentiates a philosophical concept from an everyday concept. Rather help fully for my purposes she uses the concept of happiness to make her point. As she describes: «our day-to-day usage of concepts works like shorthand or habit; we use concepts so that we do not have to think" ( 2 0 0 2 : 15). A philo sophical concept of happiness, she suggests, "would not refer to this or that instance of happiness: it would enact or create a new possibility or thought of happiness� (17””
About This Quote
Philosophical concepts differ from everyday ones; happiness as a concept creates new possibilities beyond daily usage.
In simple terms: Philosophy reshapes happiness beyond daily use.
Key Takeaway
Explore deeper meanings of happiness.
Themes
philosophy
conceptual analysis
happiness
language
Mood
thoughtful
intellectual
Type
academic
inspirational
When to use this quote
- academic discourse
- teaching
- personal reflection
Key Concepts
epistemology
semantic theory
psychology
Questions to Reflect On
- How does redefining happiness change behavior?
- What new possibilities arise from philosophical thinking?
A Different Perspective
Everyday shortcuts limit depth.
![“Prior to the Industrial Age and during the long Agri-cultural Age life was a matter of survival and the concept of 'happiness' was superfluous, but with the industrial age came 'leisure time' and thus happiness was something one had 'time' to pursue". ~R. Alan Woods [2013]” quote by R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e2f/r-alan-woods-1455_age-life_prior-to-the-industrial-age-and-during-t_2178064.jpg)
