Although the declaration’s phrasing echoes Locke, this deeper conception of happiness dates back to at least ancient Greece.

It’s odds on that quoting Greek philosophy is something you’re doing on a regular basis. Many of the sayings we use daily were first coined by Aristotle (384-BC – 322 BC). His studies in ...

"Happiness depends upon ourselves" — Aristotle, alive in Ancient Greece around 300 BC. By the time the message got to Aristotle, Plato's student, the idea of happiness had solidified into ...