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Sebastian Purcell on What We Want

“What we want are worthwhile lives, and if we have to make sacrifices for that, then so much the worse for ‘happiness’.”

~ Sebastian Purcell / Aeon Magazine

https://aeon.co/ideas/what-the-aztecs-can-teach-us-about-happiness-and-the-good-life

 

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