title: Happiness: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
author:  Daniel M. Haybron 
description: <br /><strong>Daniel M. Haybron</strong> is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Saint Louis University. An authority on well-being and the good life, moral evil, and the virtues, he has conducted research on happiness since 1995. He is the author of <em>The Pursuit of Unhappiness. </em><br />
zlib_text: HAPPINESS
  VOLUME XII, NUMBER 3                                                                                    SUMMER 2019
  
  Happiness does not dwell in herds, nor yet in gold.
   
  —Democritus, c. 420 bc
  The Hope of Happiness, Dedicated to the Nation, France, c. 1791.
  
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