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

    Written by Alan Watts

    Narrated by Kern Schmidt

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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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew World Library
    Release dateOct 3, 2018
    ISBN9781608686100

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    • 5/5
      Is this Bio on scribd about the same Alan Watts the philosopher?
    • 2/5
      This is so very heavy of a listening material. Also any great revelations for life are scarce. I would only recommend this as a means to getting acquainted to the works of A.Watts.
    • 4/5
      Decent book written by Watts at the ripe old age of 24.
    • 5/5
      Really good. Really worth studying yes yes yes yes tea