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Alastair Campbell

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my c

Alastair Campbell

Happiness

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Alastair Campbell suggests that only at the moment of death can we fully understand whether our life was genuinely happy. His experience observing Philip Gould's final days strengthened this belief, showing how life’s true happiness might only be clear at its conclusion.

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