120 THE WAY OUT OF PESSIMISM. 



seek the desert or the monastery. Righteousness 

 getting wrought into the social order. 



Knowledge. Evolution positive as well as agnos- 

 tic. Much to be hoped from the elite intellects of the 

 race. Is it having or pursuing that delights ? Les- 

 sing's parable. The joy of intellectual activity. Ec- 

 stacy in pure mathematics the great moments of 

 discovery. The reward not in the acquisitions but in 

 the acquiring. 



Happiness. Schopenhauer wrong ; happiness 

 takes time. Elation that lasts for hours. Not all 

 pleasure preceded by the pain of desire : some pleas- 

 ures psychologically cheap. Health, physical vigor, 

 buoyancy and elasticity, waking from sleep. Relation 

 of hunger to appetite. Non-organic pleasures that can 

 not be recollected music, scenery. Impressionism. 

 Costless joys. Desire may be brief and satisfaction 

 long. The physiological basis of enjoyment ; renewal 

 of power to enjoy ; revival of interest. Law of variety ; 

 need of versatility. Law of moderation. The Greek 

 ideal of temperance. Pleasures of scenery, art, friend- 

 ship, and social intercourse. 



Ennui cured not by fresh desire but by activity. 

 The natural overflow of energy. Ascetism unscientific. 

 The new basis for humanism. Resignation and pas- 

 sivity violate the fundamental laws of happiness. 

 Where lies the zest of life for men of action ? Moun- 

 tain-climbing, sight-seeing, exploring, pioneering, 

 fighting, reforming. Stanley, Phillips, Roosevelt. 

 Creative joy. Pleasure hunting versus immersion in 

 congenial work. The end held cheap. Working for 

 others. The strong helping the weak. Health, work, 



