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HISTORY of ENGLAND in the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
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The HISTORY of EUROPEAN MORALS from AUGUSTUS to CHARLEMAGNE.
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HISTORY of the RISE and INFLUENCE of the SPIRIT of RATIONALISM in EUROPE.
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DEMOCRACY and LIBERTY.
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THE MAP OF LIFE: Conduct and Character.
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'La vie n'est pas un plaisir ni une douleur, mais une affaire gravedont nous sommes chargés, et qu'il faut conduire et terminer ànotre honneur'
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How far reasoning on happiness is of any use
The arguments of the Determinist
The arguments for free will
Securus judicat orbis terrarum
Happiness a condition of mind and often confused with the means of attaining it
Circumstances and character contribute to it in different degrees
Religion, Stoicism, and Eastern nations seek it mainly by acting on disposition
Sensational philosophies and industrial and progressive nations seek it chiefly in improved circumstances
English character
Action of the body on happiness
Influence of predispositions in reasonings on life
Promotion of health by legislation, fashion and self-culture
Slight causes of life failures
Effects of sanitary reform
Diminished disease does not always imply a higher level of health
[Pg vi]Two causes depressing health
Encroachments on liberty in sanitary legislation
Sanitary education—its chief articles—its possible exaggeration
Constant thought about health not the way to attain it
Some general rules of happiness—1. A life full of work.—Happiness should not be the main object of pursuit
Carlyle on Ennui
2. Aim rather at avoiding suffering than attaining pleasure
3. The greatest pleasures and pains in spheres accessible to all
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