ABSTRACT

The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell‘s recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion ofThe Happy Man

part |1 pages

PART I Causes of Unhappiness

chapter 1|9 pages

What Makes People Unhappy?

chapter 2|14 pages

Byronic Unhappiness

chapter 3|9 pages

Competition

chapter 4|9 pages

Boredom and Excitement

chapter 5|10 pages

Fatigue

chapter 6|9 pages

Envy

chapter 7|11 pages

The Sense of Sin

chapter 8|11 pages

Persecution Mania

chapter 9|11 pages

Fear of Public Opinion

part |1 pages

PART II Causes of Happiness

chapter 10|11 pages

Is Happiness Still Possible?

chapter 11|12 pages

Zest

chapter 12|8 pages

Affection

chapter 13|16 pages

The Family

chapter 14|8 pages

Work

chapter 15|8 pages

Impersonal Interests

chapter 16|8 pages

Effort and Resignation

chapter 17|6 pages

The Happy Man