"Our capacity to draw happiness from…" — Alain de Botton

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我们从美学对象或物质财富中获得幸福的能力实际上似乎在很大程度上取决于我们首先满足一些更为重要的情感或心理需求，其中包括理解、爱、表达和尊重的需求。

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