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The Conquest of Happiness
The Conquest of Happiness
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This book is not addressed to the learned, or to those who regard a practical problem merely as something to be talked about. No profound philosophy or deep erudition will be found in the following pages. I have aimed only at putting together some remarks which are inspired by what I hope is common sense.
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Bertrand Russell's 1930 classic of practical philosophy, written in plain, common-sense prose for the general reader rather than the academic. Russell diagnoses the causes of unhappiness — competition, boredom, fatigue, envy, fear of public opinion — before turning to the sources of a well-lived life: zest, affection, work, and impersonal interests beyond the self. A forerunner of the modern self-help genre from one of the twentieth century's great philosophers.
This is a U.S. public-domain edition (entered the public domain in the United States in 2026, 95 years after first publication). It may still be under copyright in other countries.
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