The Meaning of Happiness

New World Library

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Novato, California 94949

Copyright © 1940, 1968 by Alan W. Watts

Copyright © 2018 by Joan Watts and Anne Watts

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Watts, Alan, 1915–1973, author.

Title: The meaning of happiness : the quest for freedom of the spirit in modern psychology and the wisdom of the East / Alan Watts.

Description: Novato : New World Library, 2018. | Originally published: New York : Harper & Brothers, c1940. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018019350| ISBN 9781608685400 (alk. paper) | ISBN 9781608685417 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Happiness. | Mysticism.

Classification: LCC BJ1481 .W37 2018 | DDC 158—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018019350

First New World Library printing, August 2018

ISBN 978-1-60868-540-0

Ebook ISBN 978-1-60868-541-7

Printed in Canada on 100% postconsumer-waste recycled paper

New World Library is proud to be a Gold Certified Environmentally Responsible Publisher. Publisher certification awarded by Green Press Initiative. www.greenpressinitiative.org

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