“From the Meaning of Life to Happiness and Back” — A Lecture by Adam Lazebnik, Political Philosopher and Social Sciences Lecturer

“From the Meaning of Life to Happiness and Back” — A Lecture by Adam Lazebnik, Political Philosopher and Social Sciences Lecturer

During this lecture, we’ll explore how ideas about happiness have evolved over time. Together with Epictetus, Viktor Frankl, Martin Seligman, Frank Martela, and other thinkers, we’ll try to understand why the question “What is the meaning of life?” may be fundamentally misguided: meaning is not something we find where we expect it to be, but something we create ourselves.

Perhaps, in the end, we’ll discover that happiness is not a goal to strive for, but rather a byproduct of living a meaningful life.