The Meaning of Happiness
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The Meaning of Happiness

The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East

Alan Watts

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The Meaning of Happiness

The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East

Alan Watts

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Deep down, most people think that happiness comes from having or doing something. Here, in Alan Watts’s groundbreaking third book (originally published in 1940), he offers a more challenging thesis: authentic happiness comes from embracing life as a whole in all its contradictions and paradoxes, an attitude that Watts calls the “way of acceptance.” Drawing on Eastern philosophy, Western mysticism, and analytic psychology, Watts demonstrates that happiness comes from accepting both the outer world around us and the inner world inside us — the unconscious mind, with its irrational desires, lurking beyond the awareness of the ego. Although written early in his career, The Meaning of Happiness displays the hallmarks of his mature style: the crystal-clear writing, the homespun analogies, the dry wit, and the breadth of knowledge that made Alan Watts one of the most influential philosophers of his generation.

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Publisher
New World Library
Year
2018
ISBN
9781608685417
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Eastern Philosophy

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    Citation styles for The Meaning of Happiness

    APA 6 Citation

    Watts, A. (2018). The Meaning of Happiness ([edition missing]). New World Library. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1703839/the-meaning-of-happiness-pdf (Original work published 2018)

    Chicago Citation

    Watts, Alan. (2018) 2018. The Meaning of Happiness. [Edition missing]. New World Library. https://www.perlego.com/book/1703839/the-meaning-of-happiness-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Watts, A. (2018) The Meaning of Happiness. [edition missing]. New World Library. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1703839/the-meaning-of-happiness-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Watts, Alan. The Meaning of Happiness. [edition missing]. New World Library, 2018. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.