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    <body><![CDATA[Bertrand Russell was the quintessential rational man. In this book he  applies rationality to psychology in a systematic examination of human thinking and motivations. Without denying the importance of external social forces, he concerns himself here with only those factors which lie within the powe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62231154">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the greatest chicken soup for the soul books I read so far, though frankly I haven't read a lot. The book was first published in 1930, which still applies to present life. It's an art to be happy, life long class. Below is what I quote from the book:<br/><br/><br/>What I disagreed:<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51718440">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Basically a more intelligent form of the self-help book with keener insights into the sources of happiness and unhappiness and less flattery and fluff. Not a bad read if you think you're unhappy. Also not a bad read if you are happy and just want a better idea of what makes people tick. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this second-hand hardcover (1930) bought at the National Book Fair XXXVI in Bangkok in 2008 and found Russell's views on happiness practical and witty. Russell famously wrote so clearly and contributively to the world that he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950 (another similar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75019714">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book at a pivotal time in my life.  It was an interesting reminder of things that get lost when we crawl into the closet with our skeletons.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[At the beginning of the book Bertrand Russell discusses how, we as children, are often imbeded with certains ideas that shape who we are, but then out-grow as we mature; and yet these ideas have retained their power to haunt us because they shape who we are as individuals. The case may be that we ar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46974422">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was so excited to read this book, because I love Bertrand Russell. I still love Bertrand Russell. It's just too bad that his view of humanity is so narrow-minded in this work. His descriptions of people, of society make you go &quot;whaaaaat?&quot;, and while it could be chalked up to the fact tha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18878973">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Renaissance-man-philosopher Bertrand Russell looks at (un)happiness.  This book was a big influence on the very important Psychologist Albert Ellis.  On the other hand, Wittgenstein thought that all of Russell's books aimed at the general public (of which this is one example), were crap.  Some highl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18441132">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've always enjoyed Bertrand Russell's writings.  They are very straightforward and direct.  This slim book carries on in that tradition.  It's kind of quaintly humorous to read his view of the &quot;modern woman&quot; (the book was written in 1930).  Russell shares my skepticism of the romantics, a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42550600">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was not impressed. Seems to me he took his own experience and extrapolated to all of humanity. This tactic might have convinced unsuspecting male readers who could relate to at least some of what he had to say, but being a woman it was blatantly obvious to me, since I could relate to so little. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24129951">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is an enjoyable book and i think would make mostly for good bedtime reading. russell writes humorously and sharply, and much of the message about finding happiness is not to think too much about it to begin with. fair enough. however, in terms of sophistication of thought, this is certainly a f...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4871602">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had read a little about Bertrand Russell, and I was excited to find one of his books in the Korean bookstore so I bought it.  I think he makes some good points, but his musings are clearly subjective and limited to his post-Victorian perspective.  As such, most of what he says in this book seems p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39058504">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[i do not like self-help books but i LOVED this book and highly recommend.  it's not about how to change what you DO or HAVE in order to be happy - it's about how to find happiness now.....in the things you have, the things you see and the people around you.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked it and would recommend as a common sense view - see also consolations of philosophy by De Botton. Bit self satisfied, but clear and well written]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[para los que les gusten las opiniones diferentes podran verse interesados por este peculiar autor a quien siempre le gusto la controversia]]></body>
    
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