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Title	:	The Conquest of Happiness
Author	:	Bertrand Russell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 183 pages
Published	:	February 3rd 2006 by Routledge (first published 1930)
Categories	:	Philosophy. Nonfiction. Psychology. Self Help

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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 of 'The Happy Man', this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as it should be written.

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Original Title:	The Conquest of Happiness
ISBN:	0415378478 (ISBN13: 9780415378475)
Edition Language:	English

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I read it because I'm into happiness books these days, but this one felt curiously dated (it came out in 1930). Its traditional philosophical approach and voice just isn't my thing. However, if you can borrow it from the library or a friend--or if you can read a portion of it in a bookstore--it's worth reading Chapter 11: Zest.His argument is that "the most universal and distinctive mark" of happiness is zest, which he essentially defines as a love of and curiosity about life. I like the way he

Unhappiness, why?Day-to-day unhappiness from which most people in civilized countries suffer, and which is all the more unbearable because having no external cause, it appears inescapableI believe this unhappiness to be very largely due to mistaken views of the world, mistaken ethics, mistaken habits of lifeExtrospectionGradually I learned to be indifferent to myself and my experienceI came to centre my attention increasingly upon external objectsSinsSins are committed by everyone or no oneThe

Such a lovely find this book was. I found this on my fathers bookshelf. The date said bought Nov.24, 99. It means I was of age 12 when this book was bought. 14 years later now that I am 26, I can truly relate to this book after seeing only a half of life. At first reading I had no interest in the author, but it was actually after reading a couple of chapters that I wanted to dig into the life of a person who can write such pro-found things about life and lives of people. And after reading few

Written in Russells usual say-it-like-it-is style, The Conquest of Happiness gets straight to the point with an incisive view of how to be happy, that is as apt today as when it was written nearly 50 years ago.The book is split into two halves: the first describing the main causes of unhappiness, and the second, well I think you can guess that its the causes of happiness.To summarise: live in the present; enjoy the small things; dont compete with others; avoid boredom, yet aim for moderation in

It is always refreshing to hear exact scientists give their opinions about life or sociological matters. I find them a lot more refreshing than the usual quick guide to happiness by some psychologist, or the energy-inside-yourself babble by a spiritual charlatan.Already from the introduction you understand that Russell is not writing this to make some easy money: he clearly wants to just pass on ideas that have worked for him, and that may be useful for others as well.The book consists of two

3.5 ☆Invented self-help written by old ethnocentric white men

I first read its second-hand hardcover (1930) bought at the National Book Fair XXXVI in Bangkok in 2008 and found Russell's views on happiness practical and witty. Russell famously wrote so clearly and contributively to the world that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1950 (another similar case is, I think, Sir Winston Churchill), therefore, his writing style is still worth studying and applying in one's narration.Let me show you some interesting quotes from this book published by