The Doctrine of Happiness and Its Applications

Abstract

The theory of happiness. As I sensed the approach of those major changes which were going to completely change my life I felt deeply the need to study the origin, content and consequences of such a process scientifically. True to my conviction that there is nothing in heaven or earth that cannot be explained—and if necessary improved—by scientific analysis, I asked myself how something that was initially an emotional response could be rationally described. For this I had to first seek a general concept into which my particular case might be subsumed so as to be able to define as clearly as possible the natural laws governing such situations.