Description: Good condition - see photos. Some pages have underlining. 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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Book Title: The Meaning of Happiness Alan Watts
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Publisher: Perennial Library
Intended Audience: Adults
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Publication Year: 1970
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Author: Alan W. Watts
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Genre: Psychology & Help
Topic: Psychology
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
