Seasonal Nonsense

At this time when most people make desperate efforts to be happy, real happiness can be got by doing exactly the opposite of the crowd.

Human life can be defined quite easily; it’s not difficult, although most will find it unpleasant:

1. Our lives consist of pleasures and pains followed by death. The pleasures tend to be fairly trivial and fleeting and the pains can be intense and long-lasting.

2. We live in a prison, as Plato explained so well. The walls of this prison are made from ou…