The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell's recipe for good living. First pu
blished in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. L
eading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the persona
l choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative
conclusion of 'The Happy Man', this is popular philosophy, or even self-help, as
it should be written.
