Philosophy and Happiness: How Philosophy Can Bring FelicityMany philosophers believe people were made to be happy. Epictetus wrote that people should be happy because God made them that way their lives should be free from hindrance and restraint. John Locke believed that happiness is the unavoidable concomitant of consciousness. However, philosophers also believed that happiness requires knowledge and effort. Coleridge wrote that people are what they know, which for the philosopher is people's source of