Author: WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
One of the first questions that must naturally occur to every writer who deals with the subject of this book is, what influence mere discussion and reasoning can have in promoting the happiness of men. The circumstances of our lives and the dispositions of our characters mainly determine the measure of happiness we enjoy, and mere argument about the causes of happiness and unhappiness can do little to affect them. It is impossible to read the many books that have been written on these subjects without feeling how largely they consist of mere sounding generalities which the smallest experience shows to be perfectly impotent in the face of some real and acute sorrow, and it is equally impossible to obtain any serious knowledge of the world without perceiving that a large proportion of the happiest lives and characters are to be found where introspection, self-analysis and reasonings about the good and evil of life hold the smallest place. Happiness, indeed, like health, is one of the things of which men rarely think except when it is impaired, and much that has been written on the subject has been written under the stress of some great depression. Such writers are like the man in Hogarth's picture occupying himself in the debtors' prison with plans for the payment of the National Debt. There are moments when all of us feel the force of the words of Voltaire: 'Travaillons sans raisonner, c'est le seul moyen de rendre la vie supportable.'
THE MAP OF LIFE CONDUCT AND CHARACTER
Author: WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
One of the first questions that must naturally occur to every writer who deals with the subject of this book is, what influence mere discussion and reasoning can have in promoting the happiness of men. The circumstances of our lives and the dispositions of our characters mainly determine the measure of happiness we enjoy, and mere argument about the causes of happiness and unhappiness can do little to affect them. It is impossible to read the many books that have been written on these subjects without feeling how largely they consist of mere sounding generalities which the smallest experience shows to be perfectly impotent in the face of some real and acute sorrow, and it is equally impossible to obtain any serious knowledge of the world without perceiving that a large proportion of the happiest lives and characters are to be found where introspection, self-analysis and reasonings about the good and evil of life hold the smallest place. Happiness, indeed, like health, is one of the things of which men rarely think except when it is impaired, and much that has been written on the subject has been written under the stress of some great depression. Such writers are like the man in Hogarth's picture occupying himself in the debtors' prison with plans for the payment of the National Debt. There are moments when all of us feel the force of the words of Voltaire: 'Travaillons sans raisonner, c'est le seul moyen de rendre la vie supportable.'
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
One of the first questions that must naturally occur to every writer who deals with the subject of this book is, what influence mere discussion and reasoning can have in promoting the happiness of men. The circumstances of our lives and the dispositions of our characters mainly determine the measure of happiness we enjoy, and mere argument about the causes of happiness and unhappiness can do little to affect them. It is impossible to read the many books that have been written on these subjects without feeling how largely they consist of mere sounding generalities which the smallest experience shows to be perfectly impotent in the face of some real and acute sorrow, and it is equally impossible to obtain any serious knowledge of the world without perceiving that a large proportion of the happiest lives and characters are to be found where introspection, self-analysis and reasonings about the good and evil of life hold the smallest place. Happiness, indeed, like health, is one of the things of which men rarely think except when it is impaired, and much that has been written on the subject has been written under the stress of some great depression. Such writers are like the man in Hogarth's picture occupying himself in the debtors' prison with plans for the payment of the National Debt. There are moments when all of us feel the force of the words of Voltaire: 'Travaillons sans raisonner, c'est le seul moyen de rendre la vie supportable.'
The Map of Life
Author: William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244211353
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244211353
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Classified List of Books in the Libraries on General Works, Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, and Philology
Author: Waterloo-with-Seaforth. Public libraries
Publisher:
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British Museum
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
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The Churchman
Author:
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 918
Book Description
Catalogue of Books in the Lending Department of the Plumstead Library
Author: Woolwich Public Libraries, Woolwich, Eng
Publisher:
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Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Public libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum in the Years 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
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Current Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Languages : en
Pages : 310
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Current Opinion
Author: Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Publisher:
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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Subject Index of Modern Books Acquired
Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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