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'He writes what he calls common sense, but is in fact uncommon wisdom.' - The Observer

Chapter Page
Introduction
by Daniel C. Dennett 9
Preface 17
I Causes of Unhappiness
1. What Makes People Unhappy? 21
2. Byronic Unhappiness 31
3. Competition 47
4. Boredom and Excitement 57
5. Fatigue 67
6. Envy 79
7. The Sense of Sin 90
8. Persecution Mania 103
9. Fear of Public Opinion 116
II Causes of Happiness
10. Is Happiness Still Possible? 131
11. Zest 144
12. Affection 159
13. The Family 169
14. Work 188
15. Impersonal Interests 198
16. Effort and Resignation 207
17. The Happy Man 217

“Should be read by every parent, teacher, minister, and Congressman in the land.”-The Atlantic

In The Conquest of Happiness, first published by Liveright in 1930, iconoclastic philosopher Bertrand Russell attempted to diagnose the myriad causes of unhappiness in modern life and chart a path out of the seemingly inescapable malaise so prevalent even in safe and prosperous Western societies. More than eighty years later, Russell’s wisdom remains as true as it was on its initial release. Eschewing guilt-based morality, Russell lays out a rationalist prescription for living a happy life, including the importance of cultivating interests outside oneself and the dangers of passive pleasure. In this new edition, best-selling philosopher Daniel C. Dennett reintroduces Russell to a new generation, stating that Conquest is both “a fascinating time capsule” and “a prototype of the flood of self-help books that have more recently been published, few of them as well worth reading today as Russell’s little book.”