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.
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.
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A Guide to the Good Life 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
一 人生哲學 威廉·歐文說,人,活著要有一套人生哲學,一套完整、連貫的人生哲學。否則呢?他說,你可能會浪費你僅有的一次生命。 歐文的這個說法中涉及兩個問題。 其一,我們的人生是否需要一種哲學?我贊成歐文的說法。我認識的狗和貓,沒有一隻曾思考過自己狗生和貓生的意...
評分『雖然當今的哲學傢都傾嚮於把時間用來辯論玄奧的話題,但大多數古代哲學傢的主要目標卻是幫助普通民眾過更好的生活。』 這是本書中對我觸動最大的話語,也是我讀這本書的初衷。近來幾個月,在學業的事情敲定之後,愈發的覺得人生迷茫。對選定的專業是否會有前途,自己是不是...
評分 評分 評分『雖然當今的哲學傢都傾嚮於把時間用來辯論玄奧的話題,但大多數古代哲學傢的主要目標卻是幫助普通民眾過更好的生活。』 這是本書中對我觸動最大的話語,也是我讀這本書的初衷。近來幾個月,在學業的事情敲定之後,愈發的覺得人生迷茫。對選定的專業是否會有前途,自己是不是...
圖書標籤: 哲學 Stoic 成長 stoicism 斯多葛 philosophy 認知訓練 英文原版
在群星璀璨的古希臘,斯多葛學派大概是最被現世人誤解的一支。他們常聚於在雅典衛城的柱廊下討論生命哲學(philosophy of life): 他們崇尚理性,精於邏輯,信奉科學,追求精神的寜靜和處事的品性。大概是他們穿著樸素,嚴於律己的生活做派,他們簡單的被世俗等同於為”禁欲主義” 或“西方的佛教”。雖然這樣的形容非常的不公平,斯多葛學派的踐行者們卻也不以為意。
評分略囉嗦,但是理論還是很有意思的,寫得也易懂
評分作者自己整理、改編的21世紀生活實用斯多葛哲學。語言不枯燥,但基本屬於高中生水平。有一些好idea,但不斷重復不斷重復重復重復,作者是復讀機還是怕讀者弱智記不住他那幾個一二三四啊?越到後麵越看不下去。去掉這些重復的,本書可以縮水一半。
評分讀瞭一半。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.
評分對需要長時間段身處逆境的朋友們來說,永遠是一劑良藥。
A Guide to the Good Life 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載