This is what the Greeks called 'glory,' and it expresses a very
different understanding of immortality than is common amongst us. One
lives on only through the stories, accounts and anecdotes that are
told about one. It is in this that happiness consists. This has a
very peculiar consequence for societies like the United States, so
singlemindedly devoted to the pursuit of happiness. We assume that
the question of happiness is a question of my happiness or, more
properly, of my relation to my happiness. But why?
<http://happydays.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/how-to-make-it-in-the-afterlife/>Link
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