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“Life satisfaction essentially measures cheerful moods, so it is not entitled to a central place in any theory that aims to be more than a happiology.”

Martin Seligman

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Aims Any Central Cheerful Entitled Essentially Joy Life Measures Moods More Place Satisfaction Than Theory

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