num_pages: 190
description: "My purpose is to suggest a cure for the ordinary day-to-day unhappiness from which most people in civilized countries suffer, and which is all the more unbearable because, having no obvious external cause, appears inescapable." Russell held progressive, often controversial views on social issues, including sexuality. Vigorously opposed to conventional or religious morality, he sets forth here a rationalist approach to achieving a happy life.
language: English
title: The Conquest of Happiness
titlecomplete: The Conquest of Happiness
genres: 20th Century, Psychology, Classics, Self Help, Essays, Philosophy, Nobel Prize, Personal Development, Nonfiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 13658
publisher: Liveright