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Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father and a philosopher who believed happiness comes from the dedication of citizens to the common welfare.

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Confucius was China's most famous teacher who believed that happiness consists primarily not in pleasure, but in ethical pleasure.

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Georg Hegel was a German philosopher whose beliefs were used to simplify reality and narrow it down to tangible ideas, making happiness seem more attainable and achievable in everyday life.

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Thesis: Henry David Thoreau’s beliefs on happiness are built around the idea that simplicity and minimalism, will bring an individual the most happiness within their life.

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The Philosopher John Locke has a strong concept of happiness; he believes that the pursuit of “true and solid” happiness results in the best possible life for a human being.

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Aristotle was a Greek philosopher who believed that happiness was an activity in the soul that conveys virtue through the possession of health, wealth, and knowledge that enhances human life.

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The philosopher Sigmund Freud viewed happiness as an impossible virtue to keep, and put more emphasis on the reduction of suffering rather than the pursuit of pleasure.

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David Hume is known as a skeptic ;nonetheless, he states that everyone’s beliefs should be respected, therefore this leads to his perception on the pursuit of happiness that everyone should find happiness in oneself. He further developed this idea by stating the importance of emotion in humans and the effect society has on their life.

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The famous philosopher Buddha is the founder of Buddhism and the famous philosopher who believes that happiness can be found by following the four noble truths, and by following these rules, enlightenment and happiness can be achieved in life.

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The French philosopher Rene Descartes has many important views on innate knowledge and mathematics. Through his beliefs, Descartes proves that happiness is achievable through virtue.

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Thomas Aquinas was an Italian philosopher. He believed to recognize God as the reason for everything, discovering that intelligence can not be brought upon to one another without God, and understanding there are certain people who are perceived as perfect human beings that must be present.

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When looking at both Friedrich Nietzsche texts, ‘Nietzsche's Oblique Promotion of Moral Excellence: A Philosophical Interpretation of 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra' and ‘Nietzsche's New Happiness: Longing, Boredom, and the Elusiveness of Fulfilment’ we can see the views which he holds towards the pursuit of happiness deeming it a dull waste of a life.

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Soren Kierkegaard was a 19th century Danish philosopher who is most famous for his works on religion, mainly christianity and existentialism; he believes that for happiness to be recognized, one must sacrifice their demand for a particular happiness of something else.

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In the articles A Medicine For My State Of Mind and Law,  Morality and liberty and The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill . Mills wild and different visions of politics faced many obstacles and challenged his way to pursuit of his happiness

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Victor Frankl is a jewish psychiatrist and author who developed the idea that humans are able to find meaning even in the worst situations. His belief developed through his experiences as a holocaust survivor.  In regards to happiness his idea fits perfectly, people going through hard times and are in search of happiness are able to utilize his belief to find happiness through the negatives.

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Through the many works of Immanuel Kain, the focus on uniqueness through one's culture and race is primarily what he thinks to be what makes people happy; the individuality of each person is what makes the world interesting.

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Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher who was considered to be the main source of Western thought, believed that only people with self knowledge could find true happiness from simply living a life full of virtue, and not from physical and external conditions.

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Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher who was considered to be the main source of Western thought, believed that only people with self knowledge could find true happiness from simply living a life full of virtue, and not from physical and external conditions.

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Lauren Wilde