Irvine, a professor of philosophy at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, writes that Stoicism was one of many competing philosophies (such as the Cynics and the Epicureans) that ran schools to teach a "philosophy of life" to students in ancient Greece and Rome. The Stoics were interested in leading a life of "tranquility," meaning a life free of "anger, anxiety, fear, grief, and envy." To achieve such a life the Stoics developed, in the words of historian Paul Veyne, a "paradoxical recipe for happiness," that included the practice of "negative visualization." By frequently and vividly imagining worst-case scenarios -- the death of a child, financial catastrophe, ruined health -- the Stoics believed you would learn to appreciate what you have, and curb your insatiable appetite for more material goods, social status, and other objects of desire.
发表于2025-04-08
A Guide to the Good Life 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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Reading the book, I had no trouble understanding how negative visualization could be an effective antidote against "hedonic adaptation." By imagining ourselves to be homeless, for instance, we can reset our desire for a more luxurious home and once again appreciate the roof over our head that we started taking for granted shortly after moving in.
Well, my kind of philosophy of life.
评分对需要长时间段身处逆境的朋友们来说,永远是一剂良药。
评分确实啰嗦,读起来不是很愉快……
评分略啰嗦,但是理论还是很有意思的,写得也易懂
评分确实啰嗦,读起来不是很愉快……
A Guide to the Good Life 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书