The Conquest of HappinessThe Conquest of Happinessis Bertrand Russell’s recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion of ‘The Happy Man’, this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written. |
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... golden mean: doctrine of162 good life, the 115, 173 gossip 76 Greece, Ancient 54–5 grief160 guilt 65 Hamlet 32 Hardy, Thomas 105–6 hatred 61–2,72, 158 health 5,114, 117, 120, 163, 170 Hecuba 138 hedonism 174 Heraclitus 54–5 Hercules 58 ...
... golden mean: doctrine of162 good life, the 115, 173 gossip 76 Greece, Ancient 54–5 grief160 guilt 65 Hamlet 32 Hardy, Thomas 105–6 hatred 61–2,72, 158 health 5,114, 117, 120, 163, 170 Hecuba 138 hedonism 174 Heraclitus 54–5 Hercules 58 ...
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