# The Nature of Happiness

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 20, 2002, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nature-of-happiness/109979 "2002-05-20T18:43:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nature-of-happiness/109979/3 "2002-05-20T19:12:01Z")

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An episode with the writer in a more sadistic mood?

Buffiness aside, I would define it as: the active experiencing of an absence of suffering.

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