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The Art of Being Happy

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Personal Growth & Self-Development

The Art of Being Happy

Joseph Droz and Timothy Flint

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Happiness obeys laws, physical, organic, and moral, and Droz writes letters explaining each one. The French Academy elected him, and these pages show why: a course on tranquility of mind, the management of our desires, and the daily architecture of contentment. France's favorite guide to feeling better, from the age after Napoleon. Old advice that reads like new research.

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32 chapters

  1. 1THE ART OF BEING HAPPY:
  2. 2ADVERTISEMENT.
  3. 3ERRATA.
  4. 4CONTENTS.
  5. 5LETTER I.
  6. 6LETTER II. THE PHYSICAL, ORGANIC AND MORAL LAWS.
  7. 7LETTER III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
  8. 8LETTER IV. GENERAL VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT.
  9. 9LETTER V. OUR DESIRES.
  10. 10LETTER VI. TRANQUILLITY OF MIND.
  11. 11LETTER VII. OF MISFORTUNE.
  12. 12LETTER VIII. OF INDEPENDENCE.
  13. 13LETTER IX. OF HEALTH.
  14. 14LETTER X. OF COMPETENCE.
  15. 15LETTER XI. OF OPINION AND THE AFFECTION OF MEN.
  16. 16LETTER XII. OF THE SENTIMENT MEN OUGHT TO INSPIRE.
  17. 17LETTER XIII. OF SOME OF THE VIRTUES.
  18. 18LETTER XIV. OF MARRIAGE.

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