The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book of Studies and Strowings — John Shaqi
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
Man’s Dependence on Society for his Safety.――Security the Aim of
Government.――Two Theories of Government.――Justice as the Aim of
Government.――Freedom the Aim of Law.――Another Theory of
Government.――Knowledge the Brother of Liberty.――Education a
Necessity.――Defective Education of Women.――What it Should
Be.――Study Should Be Made a Pleasure.――Man’s Dependence on Others.
STROWINGS, pp. 195-205
II. _What we Owe Others: Morality, Duty, Benevolence._
Happiness and Virtue are Independent Aims.――Morality and the Moral
Sense not the Same.――What Morality Is.――No Universal Moral
Precepts.――The Dualism of Morals.――The Sense of Duty.――The
Pleasures of the Moral Sense.――What “A Clear Conscience”
Means.――What is “The Chief End of Man.”――The Moral Sense Opposes
Moral Laws.――The Benevolent Emotions.
STROWINGS, pp. 206-215
III. _The Practice of Business and the Enjoyment of Society._
The Value of Association.――Society Should Not Ask the Sacrifice of
the Individual.――Maxims for Dealing with Men: First, Distrust;
Second, Trust.――What “Society” is.――The Drawing-room as the Shrine
of Civilization.――Good-will the Basis of Good Society.――Ordinary
People are the Most Agreeable.――Maxim for Success in Society.――The
Aim of Society.――Good Society Not Selfish.――The Power of
Society.――What Politeness is.――Society Conversation.――The Expert
in Small Talk.
STROWINGS, pp. 216-227
IV. _On Fellowship, Comradeship, and Friendship._
Man’s Highest Pleasure is in Humanity.――What Fellowship
Means.――Mutuality of Interests the Basis of Social Progress.――But
the Individual must be Respected.――Comradeship is Based on Tastes
in Common.――It is a Substitute for Friendship.――Examples of
it.――The Meaning of Friendship.――What Weakens and what Strengthens
it.――It should be Carefully Cultivated.――Friendship Between Men
and Women.――Examples of it.
STROWINGS, pp. 228-237
V. _Love, Marriage, and the Family Relation._
The Single Life Ever Incomplete.――The Holiness of Maternity.――The
Emotion of Love Explained.――Love and Beauty.――Love Immortalized in
Posterity.――The History of Marriage.――The Three Conditions of
Marriage.――The Question of Divorce.――What True Marriage
Means.――Opinions of Thinkers About Divorce.――The Family as the
Object of Marriage.――The Family Tie Among Us.
STROWINGS, pp. 238-247
PART V.
The Consolations of Affliction.
I. _The Removal of Unhappiness._
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