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The conquest of happiness

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The conquest of happiness

Bertrand Russell

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Unhappiness is mostly manufactured, Russell claims, and he names the factories: competition, boredom, fatigue, envy, the sense of sin, persecution mania, fear of public opinion. Then he builds the case for zest, affection, work, and wide interests. The great logician applying cold clarity to warm problems. Happiness argued for, and won, chapter by chapter.

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22 chapters

  1. 1THE CONQUEST OF HAPPINESS
  2. 2PREFACE
  3. 3CONTENTS
  4. 4CHAPTER I WHAT MAKES PEOPLE UNHAPPY?
  5. 5CHAPTER II BYRONIC UNHAPPINESS
  6. 6CHAPTER III COMPETITION
  7. 7CHAPTER IV BOREDOM AND EXCITEMENT
  8. 8CHAPTER V FATIGUE
  9. 9CHAPTER VI ENVY
  10. 10CHAPTER VII THE SENSE OF SIN
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII PERSECUTION MANIA
  12. 12CHAPTER IX FEAR OF PUBLIC OPINION
  13. 13CHAPTER X IS HAPPINESS STILL POSSIBLE?
  14. 14CHAPTER XI ZEST
  15. 15CHAPTER XII AFFECTION
  16. 16CHAPTER XIII THE FAMILY
  17. 17CHAPTER XIV WORK
  18. 18CHAPTER XV IMPERSONAL INTERESTS

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