Solon talked with Coerces, a king that was very rich. Solon did not like
that, and when Coerces asked Solon who was the happiest man Solon had
known, Solon said other people every time, and said that these people
had done something good for someone else. Some time after, Coerces was
captured and was to be killed by a another king. Then Coerces called out
the name of Solon, and the other king asked him why. Coerces told him
about the instruction Solon had given him, and the other king let
Coerces go.
I think Solon had the right definition of happiness. We are always happy
when we do something for someone else, and it makes us sometimes the
happiest.
more later,
Bell
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