translation.en: Samuel Johnson, the great lexicographer, [posed] it through his character Rasselas in his novel "Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia," published in 1759.
translation.zh: 著名词典编纂家 塞缪尔·约翰 通过他1759年所著小说 《幸福谷－－拉塞拉斯王子的故事》中的人物拉塞拉斯 提出了这个问题