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.
1 说起哲学,你会想到什么? 高深的道理?复杂的演绎?严谨的逻辑?以及,与现实生活距离遥远? 其实,在2000多年前苏格拉底的时代,哲学曾与生活有过很深的交集。用梁文道在《我读》里的话说: 在希腊、罗马时期,哲学不止是一套系统的学问,更重要的是它会作为一种精神上的指...
评分1 说起哲学,你会想到什么? 高深的道理?复杂的演绎?严谨的逻辑?以及,与现实生活距离遥远? 其实,在2000多年前苏格拉底的时代,哲学曾与生活有过很深的交集。用梁文道在《我读》里的话说: 在希腊、罗马时期,哲学不止是一套系统的学问,更重要的是它会作为一种精神上的指...
评分科学来自于哲学,但是却用化约主义将复查的人生系统、世界系统试图简化为内容与结构。其实这种关于“钟与云”的论断里,对于人类本生,最重要的是遵循内心哲学,过好这一生,我们不需要再去“科学的”定义什么是好的一生,至少我们可以避免过怎么样的一生,那就是焦虑、痛苦的...
评分看过汤姆.沃尔夫写的《完美的人》内容简介,这是一本出版后争议较多的小说,有人甚至说其连文学作品都算不上。书中写到一个人因偶然接触斯多葛主义,并开始践行。就像欧文所持的观点一样,公开光明正大的公布自己是一个斯多葛主义者,需要有承受来自外界的诽议的勇气,所以,他...
评分科学来自于哲学,但是却用化约主义将复查的人生系统、世界系统试图简化为内容与结构。其实这种关于“钟与云”的论断里,对于人类本生,最重要的是遵循内心哲学,过好这一生,我们不需要再去“科学的”定义什么是好的一生,至少我们可以避免过怎么样的一生,那就是焦虑、痛苦的...
美亚那么高的分,多得益于写作技巧吧。典型美国书,啰嗦而事无巨细,核心观点三页纸就能说罢……没有完整的介绍斯多葛学派的系统观点,只抽出若干光芒来借题发挥,虽然古话今说地很不错。被啰嗦得受不了了,没看完,有时间继续跳读//20150802:总体来说不值得读的书,没说出什么其他途径了解不到的卓见
评分三星半,啰嗦了,三分之一的长度,可能更好
评分在群星璀璨的古希腊,斯多葛学派大概是最被现世人误解的一支。他们常聚于在雅典卫城的柱廊下讨论生命哲学(philosophy of life): 他们崇尚理性,精于逻辑,信奉科学,追求精神的宁静和处事的品性。大概是他们穿着朴素,严于律己的生活做派,他们简单的被世俗等同于为”禁欲主义” 或“西方的佛教”。虽然这样的形容非常的不公平,斯多葛学派的践行者们却也不以为意。
评分读了一半。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.
评分三星半,啰嗦了,三分之一的长度,可能更好
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