happy life

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• is_sought_byGod

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  The speaker indicates that seeking God is equivalent to seeking a happy life.

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  For when I seek Thee, my God, I seek a happy life

• is_known_throughMemory

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  The text suggests that the universal desire for a happy life implies it is retained in collective memory, even if its origin is obscure.

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  unless the thing itself whereof it is the name were retained in their memory

• is_not_like_rememberingCarthage

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  Remembering a happy life is not like remembering Carthage, which is seen with bodily eyes.

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  But is it so, as one remembers Carthage who hath seen it?

• is_not_like_rememberingNumbers

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  Remembering a happy life is not like remembering numbers, which, once known, are not sought further.

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  As we remember numbers then? No. For these, he that hath in his knowledge, seeks not further to attain unto

• is_not_like_rememberingEloquence

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  Remembering a happy life is not like remembering eloquence, which is observed in others through bodily senses.

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• is_like_rememberingJoy

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  The experience of a happy life is likened to remembering one's own joy, which is experienced in the mind rather than through bodily senses.

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  As then we remember joy? Perchance; for my joy I remember, even when sad, as a happy life, when unhappy; nor did I ever with bodily sense see, hear, smell, taste, or touch my joy; but I experienced it in my mind, when I rejoiced

• isJoy in Truth

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  The happy life is defined as finding joy in the truth.

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  for a happy life is joy in the truth

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  2026-03-02T21:55:28.265Z

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