Philosophical Foundations of Happiness

It appears that we can hardly find any philosophers who have not spoken of happiness. It indicates the close relationship between philosophy and happiness. Some of philosophers have written much about happiness, and some less. Investigating the details of their theories regarding happiness is impossible here, especially considering the fact that the main purpose of this book is description of the correlatives of happiness and those factors (religious, philosophical and psychological) that cause humans to reach happiness. We have divided here the philosophers' viewpoints concerning happiness into two categories: non-Muslim and non-Iranian philosophers & Muslim and Iranian philosophers.

Adapted from the book: "Foundations of Happiness"