About the Book: Finding Happiness (Classic Wisdom for Modern Minds)
The search for happiness is without a doubt one of our greatest preoccupations.
In this fascinating volume of essays and anecdotes, influential writers from
classical times to the early 20th century explore what it means to be happy.
Whilst Epicurus sets out some principles for happiness, Jerome K. Jerome
suggests with characteristic wit that we eat, drink and be merry and Ralph Waldo
Emerson explains how friendship contributes to a happy state.
Writer Zachary Seager has selected and introduced an inspiring array of
insightful writing which combines self help, erudition and