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    Supports→A necessary means to achieving normal human happiness is that others develop some of their capacities at some time.

    Therefore, achieving normal human happiness requires both self-development of talents and the development of capacities by others.

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    Second, we must assume, as also seems reasonable, that a necessary means to achieving (normal) human happiness is not only that we ourselves develop some talent, but also that others develop some capacities of theirs at some time. For instance, I cannot engage in the normal pursuits that make up my own happiness, such as playing piano, writing philosophy or eating delicious meals, unless I have developed some talents myself, and, moreover, someone else has made pianos and written music, taught m

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