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
The Elect of God are those who Improve their Faculties.――Division of
the Faculties.――The Rules of Pleasure.――The Rule of
Moderation.――The Rule of Variety.――Pleasures of the Muscular
Sense.――Of the Sense of Touch.――Of the Sense of Smell.――Of Tobacco
Using.――Eating as a Fine Art.――The Symmetry of a Well-served
Dinner.――Gastronomic Precepts.――Pleasures of the Sense of
Hearing.――Of the Sense of Sight.
STROWINGS, pp. 128-141
IV. _The Pleasures we may Derive from Our Emotions._
Hope and Fear.――The Folly of Philosophies.――Hopes which are
Incompatibles.――A Most Useful Suggestion.――Fear is a
Safeguard.――Worry and its Remedies.――Courage and Apathy.――Remorse
and Regret.――Anger, Hatred, and Revenge.――The Imagination.――The
Esthetic Emotions.――The Contemplation of Nature.――The Arts of
Pleasure.――The Excellence of Good Taste.――Plot-Interest.――The
Emotions of Pursuit.――The Emotions of Risk.
STROWINGS, pp. 142-155
V. _The Pleasures we may Derive from Our Intellect._
The Search for Truth.――Advantages of Intellectual
Pleasures.――Especially to Women.――Riddles and Puzzles.――Reading,
and Rules for It.――My Own Plan.――What Line to Read In.――A Plea for
Poetry.――Thinking About Reading.――What Meditation Means.――Social
Intellectual Pleasures.――Writing and Letter Writing.――Keeping a
Diary.――The Pursuit of Truth.――What Truth Is.――The Study of
Science.
STROWINGS, pp. 156-168
VI. _The Satisfaction of the Religious Sentiment._
Happiness the Only Standard of Value.――The Strange Law of
Evolution.――The Ideal of Humanity.――The Position of Dogmatic
Religion.-The Unhappiness Produced by Religions.――The Happiness
Derived from Religions.――The Doctrine of Faith.――Morality and
Religion.――Erroneous Estimate of the Moral Life.――True Religious
Unity.――The Religion of the Future.
STROWINGS, pp. 169-180
VII. _The Cultivation of Our Individuality._
The Prevailing Lack of Individuality.――Examples of Great
Teachers.――The Man of Strong Personality.――What Individuality Is
and Is Not.――Value of Self-knowledge.――The Pains of
Diffidence.――Dangers of Self-conceit.――The Tyranny of
Opinion.――The Foolishness of Fixed Principles.――Obstinate
Asseveration.――Giving and Taking Advice.――Decision of
Character.――Importance of Reserve.――Sincerity is
Essential.――Veracity at Least to Oneself.――Seek Many-sidedness of
Character.
STROWINGS, pp. 181-193
PART IV.
How Far Our Happiness Depends on Others.
I. _What Others Give Us: Safety, Liberty, Education._
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