What we do in our free time says a lot about what makes us happy. Halfpoint Images/Moment via Getty Images In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues ...

My good friend Aristotle argues that “human happiness depends upon a person’s character.” For Aristotle, "the good life" is primarily about happiness, which is best understood as living well.

Plato’s Republic, a vision of an ideal city, rejects poets, arguing that imitation warps truth and trains unruly emotions instead of virtue.

(THE CONVERSATION) In his powerful book “The Burnout Society,” South Korean philosopher Byung-Chul Han argues that in modern society, individuals have an imperative to achieve. Han calls this an ...