According to St. Augustine,
a. because each individual is unique, happiness means different things to different people, and thus there is no objective standard by which a man can be judged happy.
b. Bodily pleasure and physical health are alone sufficient to make a human being happy.
c. “Good” and “evil” are purely man-made concepts.
d. Happiness requires that you desire something of greater worth and dignity than yourself.
Ans: d. Happiness requires that you desire something of greater worth and dignity than yourself.
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