The Art of Being Happy
by Joseph Droz
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About this eBook
- Author
- Droz, Joseph, 1773-1850
- Title
- The Art of Being Happy In a Series of Letters from a Father to His Children: with Observations and Comments
- Credits
- E-text prepared by John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
- Subject
- Happiness
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 56869
- Release Date
- March 29, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.E-text prepared by John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — THE ART OF BEING HAPPY: — ADVERTISEMENT. — ERRATA. — CONTENTS.
- 2.LETTER I.
- 3.LETTER II. THE PHYSICAL, ORGANIC AND MORAL LAWS.
- 4.LETTER III. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
- 5.LETTER IV. GENERAL VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT.
- 6.LETTER V. OUR DESIRES.
- 7.LETTER VI. TRANQUILLITY OF MIND.
- 8.LETTER VII. OF MISFORTUNE.
- 9.LETTER VIII. OF INDEPENDENCE.
- 10.LETTER IX. OF HEALTH.
- 11.LETTER X. OF COMPETENCE.
- 12.LETTER XI. OF OPINION AND THE AFFECTION OF MEN.
- 13.LETTER XII. OF THE SENTIMENT MEN OUGHT TO INSPIRE.
- 14.LETTER XIII. OF SOME OF THE VIRTUES.
- 15.LETTER XIV. OF MARRIAGE.
- 16.LETTER XV. CHILDREN.
- 17.LETTER XVI. OF FRIENDSHIP.
- 18.LETTER XVII. THE PLEASURES OF THE SENSES.
- 19.LETTER XVIII. THE PLEASURES OF THE HEART.
- 20.LETTER XIX. THE PLEASURES OF THE UNDERSTANDING.
- 21.LETTER XX. THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION.
- 22.LETTER XXI. MELANCHOLY.
- 23.LETTER XXII. RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS.
- 24.LETTER XXIII. OF THE RAPIDITY OF LIFE.
- 25.LETTER XXIV. ON DEATH.
- 26.LETTER XXV. CONCLUSION OF ‘DROZ SUR L’ART D’ETRE HEUREUX.’
- 27.LETTER XXVI. THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
- 28.NOTES. — FOOTNOTES:
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