{"id":29347,"date":"2026-01-21T18:40:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=29347"},"modified":"2026-01-22T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T21:47:35","slug":"i-will-ask-on-my-own-account-here-an-idle-question-which-is-better-cheap-happiness-or-exalted-suffering-well-which-is-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/01\/21\/i-will-ask-on-my-own-account-here-an-idle-question-which-is-better-cheap-happiness-or-exalted-suffering-well-which-is-better\/","title":{"rendered":"I will ask, on my own account here, an idle question: which is better&#8211; cheap happiness or exalted suffering? Well, which is better?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AW12126.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AW12126.jpeg\" alt=\"I will ask, on my own account here, an idle question: which is better-- cheap happiness or exalted suffering? Well, which is better?\" class=\"wp-image-29348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AW12126.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AW12126-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AW12126-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AW12126-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">I will ask, on my own account here, an idle question: which is better&#8211; cheap happiness or exalted suffering? Well, which is better?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t really think either of those is a necessary choice. I prefer the calm of being with things as they are and understanding that happiness and suffering will both come and go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t really think either of those is a necessary choice. I prefer the calm of being with things as they are and understanding that happiness and suffering will both come and go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29351,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29347\/revisions\/29351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}