The conquest of happiness / Bertrand Russell ; with a new preface by A.C. Grayling.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge classicsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.Description: 183p.; 20 cmISBN:- 0415378478
- 170.44 RUS
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book - Borrowing | Central Library Lower Floor | 170.44RUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 000009902 |
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.
catalogued by: wessam
Comment by Ahmad
07/11/2019The book is, as expected of Lord Russel, less philosophical and more of a "common sense knowledge." Some of the book's ideas and implications are pure literature that does not have any logical basis and some are rather outdated.