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Full Idea
Happiness would be the equilibrium of the triggering activities of all the drives.
Gist of Idea
Happiness is the active equilibrium of our drives
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1881-82 [1882], 7[260])
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Joyful Science, and 1881-82 fragments (v 6)', ed/tr. Del Caro,Adrian [Stanford 2023], p.286
A Reaction
For Nietzsche, only the 'highest' sort of human being could achieve such happiness. I can certainly see that there is happiness when a person is fully focused on something that seems worth doing.
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