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Msuya Foundation: On the service of the needy.Tuwasalidie maskini popote walipo kadri ya uwezo wetu kila mmoja...

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THE MEANING OF TRUE HAPPINESS (maana ya Furaha ya Kweli)

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INTRODUCTION             Happiness or beatitude is a personal possession of a desirable good, ultimately the perfect good of an intellectual nature [1] . It is man’s chief good which signifies the state of satisfaction which a person feels on fulfilment of his or her desire by the possession of the good. It is also said that a happy person is one to whom good things happen. All rational beings have a special goal which they admire and that is happiness. It is only a rational being which can attain happiness. They alone can reflect on the state and consciously appreciate the satisfaction they enjoy. On the other hand animals cannot attain happiness because they move towards ends and have appetites that can only be satisfied by things good for them instinctively.              Philosophically, happiness can be understood as the moral goal of life or as an aspect of chance; it is synonymous with luck. Thus, phi...