• ISBN13: 9789356631144
• Binding: Paperback
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• Publisher: GenNext Publication
• Publisher Imprint: GenNext Publication
• Publication Date: January 1, 2023
• Pages: 194
• Original Price: INR 199.0
• Language: English
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• Item Weight: 362 grams
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In "The Pursuit of Happiness," Daniel G. Brinton offers profound wisdom on happiness, emphasizing the significance of recognizing our happiness and being aware of the many sources that contribute to it. From discussing happiness as life's goal to its ties with nature, luck, self, and others, the book provides invaluable insights into this elusive emotion and our quest to achieve it. It delves into pleasure, pain, the hierarchy of enjoyment, happiness distribution among societal classes and genders, principles for enhancing one's own happiness, and finding solace during difficult times. A treasured classic, "The Pursuit of Happiness" remains a guiding companion in our ceaseless journey towards happiness.

Daniel Garrison Brinton (1837–1899), an influential figure in modern American anthropology, was a versatile American surgeon, historian, archaeologist, and ethnologist. Serving as a surgeon during the American Civil War in the Union Army, he later worked in medicine and edited The Medical and Surgical Reporter. Brinton held academic positions in ethnology and archaeology at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the University of Pennsylvania. A prolific writer, he authored various brochures, articles, pamphlets, addresses, and books, including "Notes on the Floridian Peninsula," "The Myths of the New World," "American Hero Myths," and "The Pursuit of Happiness."