The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-15


Large Audiences Of students have at
tended tho opeRinG spring meetings o.
ne University Debating Society at st.
Petersburg TO hear the exposition Of Prof
0siwald's energic theory Of happiness.
The necessary condition Of happineau.
aocor1ing To Ostwald. il applied energy
A. physical Scientist he sees IN the
secretiOn OF carbonic acid tho register of
happiness: the greater the amount Of
applied energy tho greater the produc-
tion Of carbonic acid in the human organ
ism. A healthy man az work gives 81
more carbonic acid than a sickly. Idle
man. and il by that sign the happier.
Next to this hryi factor Of happiness.
the exercise II energy. Oswald puts the
condition that the will be commensurate
with, the achievement We feel happy.
he says. when the thing happens that We
wish irrespective Of whether the wish II
reasonable or not. answering a conscious
purpose or not. He unites ths two factors
n happiness in an algebraio formula
n happiness =tE w SG-wl =
p W.
, stands Tor energy applied according
10 will, and W for energy acting against
viii Thus NV IL the sum Of the energy
displayed. CIV tho difference between
The energy that we apply with our will
sn1 the energy that h independent Of
w.. This difference OSWALD describes
a. 'Ia will created surplus n beomes
greater a. the total enerRic activity p Nv
% the win created surplus E-W increANes
bot In any case 2 must always be greater
Than "
Oswald believes In the practical appli-
cation q his formula. We can increase
our happiness IL No strive 10 Increase
, " or Wv
When NV rises very high there IL
me 7te II so-caIled heroic happiness In
Vt.l the sIm Of energy reaches great
dimensions Here. too. W must always
b" rrdinats TO 2. Such heroic happi-
poe, s felt by conquerors and rulers. but
s-. y great artists and philosophers.
Tho nan 20 whom such an equipment Of
c.r'r1.ed energy b NOS given can attain
hr'ir"7s u hs applies himself 10 the
-''..d par II the equation: R-w. He
must strive 90 diminish or 70 eliminate w.
Several means help toward that end.
TIN. most powerful means In oontem-
i'..- Utilization IL. according 20 Prof
'"a money Money h power. for
'r. mulatsd energy. PLACED at the
asn.-.' q the individual IN its most con
'-- form The man who has no
"' ran diminish W b. adopting oon-
fe IN which external Fasiatanos
very small. Such Happiness of modest
i'llremeEts and contontmant with soli-
Nif" IL found by hermits. In aslch lives
~" factor p may yet stand high.
'fa'a-r means toward raising the sen-
SALON - happiness IA the Feiationahip
Toward thor men, work ln the service Of
many i1r happiness dDss noe rest on
no ABSOLUTE values of y and W. but on
nov strongly they are felt. Tho more
Strongly ; and the more alightly " pro-
uiH' '.".r sensations tl1s greater b TIE
iee.r Z happiness.
I'r"arl that state religion and phiiosO-
nv help us ior their tPaohing h that "
To- .@ hooked on a. soghgthin6 pstty and
7" ." '"'rised Relig loua fanatics Who
~ 10 state u sanoA inuati0n feel the
os''T napuins,s Tor Z them W b quite
''''' 1s7y and IN their s@tagy they feel
M" with bod
d.. There 10 sumethinRl disoased N such |
''.'N'.s i"r IN he cad Of progressive |
.tf''' there ar. alspv gnomanas % he /
'''''a" sensation n pplnass. Mar
r.'1 AZ alcohol. FnoFphia, ether.
H 10 destroy tho anas Of W. b
" -'s.stangs n ey are TIE ~
'-s'ns who fav( failed BY cana
"lloH iha " 7 be equation.
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