Knowledge is power, but power does not always bring happiness.

If ignorance is bliss, should I be dafter to be happier?

I am a strong supporter of mental powers. Philosophy, argumentation, thinking in general. One might even argue emotions should be subdued by intelligence, as emotions do not obey the rules of logic. It is no secret that emotions fog things up, they always have and always will.

Then again, emotions are required for joy, for exuberance. They are emotions. This would indicate that emotions are an integral part of eudaemonia.

“If Eudaimonia, or happiness, is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence; and this will be that of the best thing in us.” - Aristotle

But doing things as well as one is able to requires doing it with wit, with intelligence, with a sound mind. Pure effectiveness can only be improved upon using the brain to figure out better methods of doing something. A paradox arises, which properly explains why either extreme is utterly useless. But a golden middle has to exist, an optimal ratio between mind and heart. How far off from that optimal ratio is our general way of thinking, how to fix our thinking to allow complete happiness?

Then again, if ignorance is bliss, am I perhaps better off not knowing?