What Are We To Do With Our Lives?

In this classic work, H.G. Wells examines the question of what we should do with our lives. He argues that the purpose of life is to strive for a better future, and that this can be achieved through education, hard work, and the pursuit of knowledge. He also discusses the importance of morality and the need to be honest and kind to others. Wells also examines the role of religion in our lives, and how it can be used to help us find meaning and purpose. Finally, he looks at the importance of relationships and how they can help us to find joy and fulfillment. This book is an inspiring and thought-provoking read for anyone looking to find direction and purpose in their life.

By H.G. Wells · First published 1931 · Genre: Philosophical Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction · 19 chapters

Contents

• Chapter 1: The Present Crisis in Human Affairs
• Chapter 2: The Idea of the Open Conspiracy
• Chapter 3: We Have to Clear and Clean Up Our Minds
• Chapter 4: The Revolution in Education
• Chapter 5: Religion in the New World
• Chapter 6: Modern Religion is Objective
• Chapter 7: What Mankind Has to Do
• Chapter 8: Broad Characteristics of a Scientific World Commonweal
• Chapter 9: No Stable Utopia is Now Conceivable
• Chapter 10: The Open Conspiracy is Not to Be Thought of as a Single Organization; It is a Conception of Life Out of Which Efforts, Organizations, and New Orientations Will Arise
• Chapter 11: Forces and Resistances in the Great Modern Communities Now Prevalent, Which Are Antagonistic to the Open Conspiracy
• Chapter 12: The Resistances of the Less Industrialized Peoples to the Drive of the Open Conspiracy
• Chapter 13: Resistances and Antagonistic Forces in Our Conscious and Unconscious Selves
• Chapter 14: The Open Conspiracy Begins as a Movement of Discussion, Explanation, and Propaganda
• Chapter 15: Early Constructive Work of the Open Conspiracy
• Chapter 16: Existing and Developing Movements Which Are Contributory to the Open Conspiracy and Which Must Develop a Common Consciousness
• Chapter 17: The Creative Home, Social Group, and School: the Present Waste of Idealistic Will
• Chapter 18: Progressive Development of the Activities of the Open Conspiracy Into a World Control and Commonweal: the Hazards of the Attempt
• Chapter 19: Human Life in the Coming World Community

More by H.G. Wells

• The Wild Asses of the Devil (1946)
• Ugh-Lomi and Uya (1946)
• The First Horseman (1946)
• The Fight in the Lion's Thicket (1946)
• The Croquet Player (1937)
• The Time Machine (1895)
• The Reign of Uya the Lion (1946)
• Star-Begotten (1946)
• All works by H.G. Wells