Willard has come up several times recently in this space. For those who wish to meet the good professor in person, your chance to do so comes tomorrow, at a discussion he’ll lead at the Dallas Institute. The event is described thusly:
The word “happiness” presents us with a conundrum: how is it pursued, and how does one know when one has acquired it? Though the Greek philosophers gave us answers–that happiness comes to the well-ordered and virtuous life, which is also the life of greatest pleasure–such questions continue to vex us, one might say often lead us astray. In this three-part series, Institute Fellow and SMU Prof. Spiegelman will be our guide, speaking and leading discussions arising from his latest book, “Seven Pleasures: Essays on Ordinary Happiness.”
