DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Conquest of Fear" by Basil King. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Charts the emergence of the contemporary idea of everyday worry--the fearful, non-pathological, and usually hidden questioning about uncertain futures. O'Gorman shows worry to be a natural companion in a world where we try to live by reason and believe we have the right to choose. Offering a personal account of an all-too-common human experience, and of a word that has become invisible in its familiarity, the author explores how the modern world has shaped our everyday anxieties. --From publisher description.

The author portrays his own struggle with ill health and eventual spiritual growth

"My purpose is to suggest a cure for the ordinary day-to-day unhappiness from which most people in civilized countries suffer, and which is all the more unbearable because, having no obvious external cause, appears inescapable."

The Conquest of Happiness is Bertrand Russell‘s recipe for good living. First published in 1930, it pre-dates the current obsession with self-help by decades. Leading the reader step by step through the causes of unhappiness and the personal choices, compromises and sacrifices that (may) lead to the final, affirmative conclusion ofThe Happy Man