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Granville Redmond, "Talk on the Beach", 1931
Zadie Smith on Self-Actualization and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Purpose
Consumerism
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Thomas Anshutz, "The Way They Live", 1879
Delores Williams on the Danger of Glorified Suffering

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Suffering
Community
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Christianity
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Antonio Campi, "Mysteries of Christ's Passion", 1569
Christian Wiman on Compassion and Suffering

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Suffering
Love
Community
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Christianity
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Artist Unknown, "Shamsa Medallion", Iran, 16th/17th century
Al-Ghazali on Trusting God's Benevolence

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Faith
Suffering
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Islam
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Georges Seurat, "Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)", 1888
Charles Taylor on Living Uniquely You

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Humanity
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Jacques Louis David, "The Death of Socrates", 1787
Socrates on Responsibility to the City

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Philosophy
Community
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Platonism
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Paul Klee, "Oriental Pleasure Garden", 1925
John Stuart Mill on Utilitarianism & Pleasure

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Philosophy
Ethics
Pleasure
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Utilitarianism
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Albert Ederfelt, Sorrow, Variation of the Illustration for the Poem At the Fair of Vernamo
Oscar Wilde on Sorrow

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