Philosopher Mill believes that happiness, or preference, is divided into high and low levels. Low-level happiness is innate, while high-level happiness needs education and training. Once a well-educated person has experienced these two kinds of happiness, he can not only distinguish which kind of happiness is advanced, but also prefer advanced happiness.
Eat French fries on the sofa and watch TV, or go to the art gallery? Reading comic books or Shakespeare?
Muller believes that even if you choose the former because of laziness and love for ease, your heart still knows that reading Shakespeare and going to the art gallery to see Rembrandt are higher levels of happiness, because you have experienced both.
Mill's famous saying: It is better to be a happy pig than to be a miserable person. It is better to be a miserable Socrates than a happy fool. If fools or pigs disagree with this, it is only because they have never experienced higher happiness.
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Focus on:
There are different levels of happiness.
-You have to be educated to tell the difference
-educated people still yearn for advanced happiness even if they choose low-level happiness.
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When I am busy at work, I don't want to do anything after work, but I like to lie on the sofa and watch variety shows or comedies. Don't want to spend a little brain; I don't want to show any feelings.
I seldom watch variety shows in my spare time, but I can read books, documentaries or open classes. It's not intentional. It's all a matter of mood. Perhaps subconsciously, I prefer to choose a higher sense of happiness.