Project Gutenberg 2014-09-06 Public domain in the USA. 85 Fletcher, Horace 1849 1919 Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought Reading ease score: 53.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Mark C. Orton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Happiness as Found in Forethought Minus Fearthought" by Horace Fletcher is a philosophical treatise written in the late 19th century. The work explores the concepts of happiness, fear, and the importance of cultivating a positive mindset through the elimination of negative thoughts. Fletcher argues that understanding and improving one's mental habits can lead to true happiness, which he describes as a result of conscious usefulness and personal growth. The opening of the text introduces the central idea that everyone desires to be happy, and highlights the pervasive nature of fear in human experience. Fletcher shares personal anecdotes, emphasizing that happiness can be achieved through changing one’s mindset and behaviors. He discusses the duality of forethought (positive thinking) and fearthought (negative thinking), asserting that the latter can detract from growth and well-being. As he sets the stage for presenting methods to enhance happiness and eliminate fear, he draws upon historical and personal experiences to illustrate how individuals can cultivate a more harmonious and fulfilled life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Happiness Fear BJ Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 285460 2024-10-19T14:20:04.650028 2023-09-20T09:41:28.863016 text/html text/html 288820 2014-09-06T07:54:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 182069 2014-09-06T07:54:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 197948 2024-10-19T14:20:12.363003 application/epub+zip 199927 2024-10-19T14:20:05.674013 application/epub+zip 179850 2024-10-19T14:20:05.178005 application/epub+zip 301304 2024-10-19T14:20:16.020957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255904 2024-10-19T14:20:11.797989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 236387 2022-09-21T09:21:16.942586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 248501 248311 2024-10-19T14:20:03.977011 2023-09-20T09:41:28.113029 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 248473 2014-09-06T07:54:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 91965 2014-09-06T07:54:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 248466 2014-09-06T07:54:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 91941 2014-09-06T07:54:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21672 2024-10-19T14:20:16.161999 application/rdf+xml 13993 2024-10-19T14:20:05.268020 image/jpeg 2314 2024-10-19T14:20:05.223006 image/jpeg 182772 2024-10-19T14:20:04.679025 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia