William Lyon Phelps (1865–1943)

An interesting but slightly irritating lecture which takes as axiomatic 'the happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts', doesn't really challenge this, and then concludes that happiness is an internal property that shouldn't be affected by exterior things, and we should all be happier as we grow older. It does however have the quote 'Higher education, the cultivation of the mind, is more important for women than for men', although follows it with the depressing rational 'because women are more often left alone'… (meer)