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The Conquest of Happiness

by Bertrand Russell

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  1. Preface

    2:09

  2. Part I: Causes of Unhappiness || Chapter I: What Makes People Unhappy?

    20:12

  3. Chapter II: Byronic Unhappiness

    30:57

  4. Chapter III: Competition

    20:12

  5. Chapter IV: Boredom and Excitement

    19:35

  6. Chapter V: Fatigue

    23:26

  7. Chapter VI: Envy

    23:11

  8. Chapter VII: The Sense of Sin

    26:44

  9. Chapter VIII: Persecution Mania

    24:26

  10. Chapter IX: Fear of Public Opinion

    23:23

  11. Part II: Causes of Happiness || Chapter X: Is Happiness Still Possible?

    24:52

  12. Chapter XI: Zest

    28:05

  13. Chapter XII: Affection

    19:03

  14. Chapter XIII: The Family

    36:20

  15. Chapter XIV: Work

    18:48

  16. Chapter XV: Impersonal Interests

    18:35

  17. Chapter XVI: Effort and Resignation

    19:54

  18. Chapter XVII: The Happy Man

    13:08

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A chapter headed Fatigue begins by saying that fatigue is of many sorts, some of them a graver obstacle to happiness than others. It says that purely physical fatigue, if not excessive, tends rather to be a cause of happiness, since it leads to sound sleep and a good appetite.

Elsewhere the author writes about worry and fear. His advice is to think about a fear calmly and with great concentration until it becomes familiar, instead of turning away from it. Another passage compares town and country, noting that life in a city flat leaves little room for young children to play. A further passage says that the competitive habit of mind spreads into reading, where some people read a book to enjoy it and others to boast about it.

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, and social critic, and a founder of analytic philosophy. A tireless public intellectual, he wrote on everything from mathematical logic to pacifism and won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Pages
131
Language
English
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