Завоевание счастья

Lev Tolstoĭ utverzhdal kogda-to, chto vse neschastlivye semʹi neschastny po-raznomu, a vse schastlivye - schastlivy odinakovo. Ėtu myslʹ mozhno rasprostranitʹ i v t͡selom a li͡udeĭ i dazhe na obshchestvo, a primery schastlivykh li͡udeĭ dai͡ut nadezhdu, chto schastʹe vpolne dostizhimo pri vypolnenii ri͡ada usloviĭ. Bertran Rassel vzi͡al na sebi͡a smelostʹ razobratʹ abstraktnoe poni͡atieschastʹi͡a na sostavli͡ai͡ushchie i dokazatʹ, chto v pervui͡u ocheredʹ schastʹe zavisit ot lichnykh usiliĭ cheloveka i lishʹ potom - ot vneshnikh obstoi͡atelʹstv.

Leo Tolstoy once argued that all unhappy families are unhappy in different ways, and all happy ones are equally happy. This idea can be extended to people as a whole and even to society, and examples of happy people give hope that happiness is achievable if a number of conditions are met. Bertrand Russell took the liberty to break down the abstract concept of happiness into its components and prove that happiness depends primarily on a person's personal efforts and only then on external circumstances.