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The Conquest of Happiness

A work by Bertrand Russell, first published in 1930

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Many unhappy people could become happy through well-directed effort, Power kept within proper bounds may add greatly to happiness, but as life's sole end it leads to disaster, Humans depend on co-operation, and nature has given them, somewhat inadequately, the instincts for the friendliness it needs …

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    Bertrand Russell

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First published
19302
Claims on korrents
201

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Many unhappy people could become happy through well-directed effort (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Power kept within proper bounds may add greatly to happiness, but as life's sole end it leads to disaster (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Humans depend on co-operation, and nature has given them, somewhat inadequately, the instincts for the friendliness it needs (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Competition treated as the main thing in life is too grim to be a basis of life for more than a generation or two (opens korrents.com)1

  5. A happy life must be largely a quiet life, because true joy can live only in quiet (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Every form of courage, in women as in men, should be admired as much as a soldier's physical courage (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. The Conquest of Happiness (1930) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Conquest of Happiness, Q3821889 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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