The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Studies and StrowingsBrinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Philosophy
The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Studies and Strowings
Brinton, Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison)
Happiness
Labor, as a source of pleasure, 110;
unions, their weak points, 230.
Lamb, Chas., quoted, 162.
Lamps, new for old, 124.
Land, ownership of, 84.
Leisure, its real use, 117.
Letter-writing, 164.
Liberty, the true, 197.
Life, meaning of, 17, 56;
normal duration of, 76;
love of, 77.
Literary clubs, 163.
Littré, quoted, 39.
Locke, quoted, 16.
Logic of chance, the, 94.
Longevity, how attained, 76.
Love, of neighbor, 18;
the emotion of, 67, 239;
of money, 127;
and marriage, 238, 246, 247.
Love-feasts, 134.
Luck and its laws, 92-96;
value of, 106.
Making a living considered, 114.
Mal des montagnes, the, 89.
Malaise, the seat of, 72.
Malloch, quoted, 223.
Man, the science of, 54;
in art and science, 150;
evolution of, 169;
chief end of, 175, 212;
very human, 228.
Many-sidedness of character, 190.
Marriage, effect on woman, 32;
various forms of, 240;
French system of, 242;
unhappiness in, 243.
Meditation as a pleasure, 162.
Melancholy, causes of, 272.
Men who outlive themselves, 77.
Mill, J. S., quoted, 32, 158, 244.
Milton, J., quoted, 244.
Minor arts, the, 151.
Mirabeau, quoted, 197.
Misanthropy, causes of, 194.
Mission of the species, the, 191.
Mitchell, Weir, quoted, 80.
Moderation, the rule of, 129.
Money and how made, 122;
the love of, 127, 226.
Morality, explained, 195;
not identical with happiness, 206;
no general code of, 207;
motive in, 214.
Moral life not the highest aim, 175, 212;
sense, distinct from morality, 209;
pleasures of the, 209.
Motherhood, its attraction, 240.
Muscular sense, the, 130.
Music, enjoyment of, 137.
Mutuality of interests, 229.
Nature, is equitable, 62, 80;
the charms of, 138;
emotions excited by, 150;
peculiarities of, 154, 155.
Necessity and chance, as arbiters of destiny, 58.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 116, 184.
Novalis, quoted, 134, 178.
Novel reading as a narcotic, 168.
Obstinacy, 187.
Occupations of necessity and choice, 109.
Odors, the power of, 132.
Old age, its false claims, 34, 35;
how attainable, 75, 76;
considered, 79;
coveted, 261.
Opinion, its might, 186.
Ordinary people, preferable, 220.
Over-conscientiousness, 114.
Over-sensitiveness, pains of, 185.
Pain, profitless, 39;
relations to pleasure, 16, 55, 263, 266;
as an antidote, 257;
more natural than pleasure, 271.
Paley, quoted, 26.
Pascal, quoted, 10, 45, 93, 109.
Peace the reward of virtue, 215.
Penn, William, quoted, 88.
Periodicity, the law of, 48, 267.
Perseverance, how useful, 116, 186.
Personality, the joy of, 182.
Personal liberty, attacks on, 199.
Philosophies, the folly of, 142.
Philosophy and Happiness, meanings of, 54.
Piety and morality, 175;
as the last passion, 180.
Pindar, quoted, 267.
Places, love of, 87.
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