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The conquest of happiness / by Bertrand Russell ; with a new preface by A.C. Grayling.

By: Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge classics. Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006Edition: 1st ed.Description: 183 p. ; PB.ISBN: 9780415378475.Subject(s): HappinessDDC classification: 171.4 LOC classification: BJ1481 | .R75 2006Online resources: Table of contents | Publisher description
Contents:
What makes people unhappy? -- Byronic unhappiness -- Competition -- Boredom and excitement -- Fatigue -- Envy -- The sense of sin -- Persecution mania -- Fear of public opinion -- Causes of happiness -- Is happiness still possible? -- Zest -- Affection -- The family -- Work -- Impersonal interests -- Effort and resignation -- The happy man.
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Originally published: London : George Allen & Unwin, 1930. With a new pref.

Includes index.

What makes people unhappy? -- Byronic unhappiness -- Competition -- Boredom and excitement -- Fatigue -- Envy -- The sense of sin -- Persecution mania -- Fear of public opinion -- Causes of happiness -- Is happiness still possible? -- Zest -- Affection -- The family -- Work -- Impersonal interests -- Effort and resignation -- The happy man.

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