 Whereas happiness involves the experience of a sense of contentment on the part of a being that is able to satisfy the drives that are characteristic of its nature, the inability to satisfy these drives results in various forms of discontent, aggravation, pain and frustration. The German word, “Widerwille”, means disgust or repugnance, but literally it involves not-wanting or, etymologically, “willing against”, and this, Feuerbach contends, is the most rudimentary form of willing. 