THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: A BOOK OF STUDIES AND STROWINGS

‘I do not know what it is
except that it is something grand, and that it is Happiness.’ —Walt
Whitman  Happiness is not the same as
pleasure, but it is generally built upon or grows out of pleasurable
feelings. We must begin, our analysis with these, and with their
opposites—the painful feelings.’ Daniel G. Brinton has tried to explain what
happiness could possibly mean. This book explores pleasure and pain, the
hierarchy of enjoyments, the distribution of happiness in the classes of
society and in genders, principles to promote one’s own happiness and the
consolations of affliction. This classic can be picked up by each one of
those who are in an incessant pursuit of finding happiness in life or know
someone who might be.