사람들은 누구나 행복한 삶을 추구하지만 어떤 삶이 행복한 삶이냐 하는 데는 의견이 분분하다. 어떤 사람들은 삶의 외적 조건들(물질적 부, 건강, 사회적 지위 등등)을 성취하는 삶을 행복이라고 생각하고, 또 어떤 사람들은 인간의 본질을 실현하는 것이라고도 말한다. 하지만 인간은 근본적으로 불안 속에서 살아가야 하는 삶의 조건을 생각할 때, 우리가 의지해야 할 유일한 것은 인간의 정신적 덕에서 행복의 열쇠를 발견한다는 견해도 있다. 이런 견해에는 스토아주의와 불교가 있다. 스토아주의의 아파테이아와 불교의 닙바나가 행복한 상태를 의미한다. 이들 두 견해의 공통점과 차이점을 고찰하고자 한다.
People pursuit happiness. However, there are different views to happiness. Someone think that happiness is attainment of external conditions(property, health, social position, etc.). The other someone think that happiness is to actualize human nature. But people live on anxiety basically. Accordingly, it is only our spiritual virtue that we should trust on. The virtue is the sole key of happiness. These views are Stoicism and Buddhism. Stoicism's Apatheia and Buddha's Nibbāna are internal peace, the state of happiness. This paper is a study about these views' happiness.
People pursuit happiness. However, there are different views to happiness. Someone think that happiness is attainment of external conditions(property, health, social position, etc.). The other someone think that happiness is to actualize human nature. But people live on anxiety basically. Accordingly, it is only our spiritual virtue that we should trust on. The virtue is the sole key of happiness. These views are Stoicism and Buddhism. Stoicism's Apatheia and Buddha's Nibbāna are internal peace, the state of happiness. This paper is a study about these views' happiness.