PHILOSOPHY OF HAPPINESS: FROM PLATO, THROUGH AL-FARABI AND AL-GHAZALI TO KI AGENG SURYOMETARAM
People may differ in many ways, but they will agree on one thing: they want to be happy. Unfortunately, the meaning of happiness varies greatly and can even be contradictory. Thus, it's worth asking: what exactly is happiness?
Four wise figures—Plato, Al-Farabi, Al-Ghazali, and Ki Ageng Suryomentaram—offer their concepts of happiness and the ways to achieve it. Although each takes a different approach, there are some striking similarities: that one must know oneself as a starting point, and one must find oneself as the ultimate goal. It is impossible to achieve happiness without knowing who you are and what happiness means to you.
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Dr. Fahruddin Faiz, S.Ag., M.Ag., born in Mojokerto on August 16, 1975, studied at MAPK Jember and the Ali Maksum Islamic Boarding School, earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s from IAIN Sunan Kalijaga and Doctorate from UIN Sunan Kalijaga. A lecturer in Aqidah and Islamic Philosophy, he also teaches at Sahid University, Jakarta. Since 2013, he has led the weekly Ngaji Filsafat at the General Sudirman Mosque, Yogyakarta.
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