The Art of Happiness

'It is not our struggle to be happy that is mistaken; it is our false idea that we can find happiness anywhere but in ourselves... happiness does not depend on outward things. It is born of the mind, it is nourished by the mind, it is what rises, like breath in a frosty air, from the mind's wrestling with its fate...' The Art of Happiness (first published in 1935) belongs to John Cowper Powys's sequence of philosophical writings, and finds him exploring the problem of how man lives with his fellow man, and also with woman - that is to say, here, as opposed to the abstract arguments concerning Man in the universe, Powys is concerned with the practical arguments such as arise between man and his neighbour, his wife, his lover - and also with man's arguments against himself, all in the pursuit of happiness. The careful reader will find herein hints, clues, intimations, as to how we all might become a little happier - an invitation few of us would feel so fortunate as to refuse.

Riassunto

Explores the problem of how man lives with his fellow man, and also with woman. As opposed to the abstract arguments concerning Man in the universe, this title deals with the practical arguments such as arise between man and his neighbour, his wife, his lover - and also with man's arguments against himself, in the pursuit of happiness.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: John Cowper Powys (Editore), Cowpe Powys (Editore), Cowper Powys (Editore)
• Autori: John Cowper Powys, Powys John Cowper
• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 19.05.2011
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia; Narrativa > Romanzi > Capolavori fino al 1945
• EAN: 9780571278121
• ISBN: 978-0-571-27812-1
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 12.7 x 19.8 x 1.8 cm
• Categorie: happiness, Society, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Existentialism, Faber Finds, Men & Women, Human Condition