| The book is
composed of fifteen essays and is divided into three parts. The first part entitled
"Principles of Good Life", is a collection of essays on various subjects in
regard to a good life. Except for hte second essay on eudcation which was written a number
of years ago, all the reamining eight essays were written within the span of a little over
one year, between the latter part of 1965 and the middle of January 1967. The second part, " The vital Distinctions". is composed of
four essays of double themes; each essay aims at portraying both the essence of and the
differences between the two themes by elaborating each and contrasting each with the
other. All four essays were written a fortnight in September 1966.
It would be far more interesting and meaningful if the reader
would pause and ponder for even a minute on the differences between loneliness and
solitude, existence and living, and particularly between intelligence adn wisdom and
between fund and joy.
The third and last part," The Mystery of Life", has
only one essay, the longest one in the book, and is also hte consumption of his work in
hte book. It is an intuitive work on hte mystery of life, and was written several years
ago. Because of hte unique nature of this work, a special prologue has been inserted in
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