Faith and reason, love and virtue, morality and mortality! In these two short volumes the famous novelist, essayist, and playwright, Upton Sinclair, confided his most prized worldly wisdom for generations to come. His kind and witty personal advice both provokes and enlightens page by page. (Summary by Rom Maczka)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
00 - Introductory
11:56 - Chapter 2
01 - Nature of Life & Nature of Faith
23:43 - Chapter 3
02 - Use of Reason & Origin of Morality
23:56 - Chapter 4
03 - Nature and Man & Man the Rebel
30:01 - Chapter 5
04 - Making Our Morals & Virtues of Moderation
29:51 - Chapter 6
05 - The Choosing of Life & Myself and My Neighbor
31:33 - Chapter 7
06 - The Mind and the Body & The Mind of the Body
40:55 - Chapter 8
07 - Exploring the Subconscious & The Problem of Immortality
40:32 - Chapter 9
08 - The Evidence for Survival
28:47 - Chapter 10
09 - The Powers of the Mind & The Conduct of the Mind
33:54 - Chapter 11
10 - The Unity of the Body
27:12 - Chapter 12
11 - Experiments in Diet
21:28 - Chapter 13
12 - Errors in Diet
32:39 - Chapter 14
13 - Diet Standards
31:18 - Chapter 15
14 - Foods and Poisons
29:25 - Chapter 16
15 - More About Health & Work and Play
35:07 - Chapter 17
16 - The Fasting Cure & Breaking the Fast
33:03 - Chapter 18
17 - Diseases and Cures
44:47 - Chapter 19
18 - The Reality of Marriage & The Development of Marriage
32:32 - Chapter 20
19 - Sex and Young America & Sex and the Smart Set
37:59 - Chapter 21
20 - Sex & the Poor, Sex & Nature, and Love & Economics
29:49 - Chapter 22
21 - Marriage & Money, Love Versus Lust, Celibacy Versus Chastity
40:19 - Chapter 23
22 - The Defense of Love, Birth Control
32:46 - Chapter 24
23 - Early Marriage, The Marriage Club, Education for Marriage
32:57 - Chapter 25
24 - The Money Side of Marriage, The Defense of Monogamy, The Problem of Jealousy
35:41 - Chapter 26
25 - The Problem of Divorce, The Restriction of Divorce
20:20 - Chapter 27
26 - The Ego and the World, Competition and Co-operation
33:27 - Chapter 28
27 - Aristocracy & Democracy, Ruling Classes, The Process of Social Evolution
31:27 - Chapter 29
28 - Industrial Evolution, The Class Struggle, The Capitalist System
39:48 - Chapter 30
29 - The Capitalist Process, Hard Times, The Iron Ring
24:08 - Chapter 31
30 - Foreign Markets, Capitalist War, The Possibilities of Production
29:41 - Chapter 32
31 - The Cost of Competition, Socialism and Syndicalism, Communism and Anarchism
35:19 - Chapter 33
32 - Social Revolution, Confiscation or Compensation, Expropriating the Expropriators
33:01 - Chapter 34
33 - The Problem of the Land, The Control of Credit
28:33 - Chapter 35
34 - The Control of Industry, The New World, Agricultural Production
31:05 - Chapter 36
35 - Intellectual Production, Mankind Remade
30:58