Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: The Torah

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  Pushkin.

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  It will come as no surprise to you that I totally welcome the increased attention we're paying to the subject of happiness and mental health these days.

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  But happiness and the desire to be happier aren't just modern preoccupations.

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  And that means that centuries of smart people before us have grappled with this challenge.

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  And a lot of the conclusions they reached are worthy of exploring in more detail.

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  If you're a fan of the Happiness Lab,

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  you know that we've already talked about what the ancient Greeks,

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  Romans, and Buddhists can teach us about improving our daily lives.

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  But there's still so much more to learn from the past.

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  And so, in this new mini-season of the Happiness Lab,

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  we'll see what age-old philosophies and religions got right.

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  We'll learn more about the old-school tips that are borne out by the science.

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  So welcome once again to Happiness Lessons of the Ancients.

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  With me, Dr.

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  Laurie Santos.

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  Now I'm guessing that at least some of you are pretty familiar with the Torah,

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  those first five books of the Hebrew Bible.

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  Some of you may have even read parts of this text as a child.

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  Think plagues of frogs, burning bushes,

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  and 600-year-old men building arcs to save the creatures of the earth.

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