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2024-12-22
A Guide to the Good Life 2024 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.
读了一半。feel like the author was distorting Stoicism for incorporating them to his self invented Stoic techniques; some quotes from ancient Stoics obviously didn't support his interpretation.
评分比较啰嗦。Stoics就是几个原则:1. 内化(internalize)个人目标。不以物喜不以己悲 2. 多做negative visualization,切身想一下最坏的情况,居安思危。3. 以上两点都是为了获得内心的平静。(tranquility)
评分确实啰嗦,读起来不是很愉快……
评分确实啰嗦,读起来不是很愉快……
评分确实啰嗦,读起来不是很愉快……
A Guide to the Good Life 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书