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Pleasure feels amazing! Anxiety, however, does not. The Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus rolled these two strikingly intuitive claims into a simple formula for happiness and well-being--pursue pleasure without causing yourself anxiety. But wait, is that even possible? Can humans achieve lasting pleasure without suffering anxiety about failure and loss? Epicurus thinks we can, at least once we learn to pursue pleasure thoughtfully.
In Living for Pleasure, philosopher Emily Austin offers a lively, jargon-free tour of Epicurean strategies for diminishing anxiety, achieving satisfaction, and relishing joys. Epicurean science was famously far ahead of its time, and Austin shows that so was its ethics and psychology. Epicureanism can help us make and keep good friends, prepare for suffering, combat imposter syndrome, build trust, recognize personal limitations, value truth, cultivate healthy attitudes towards money and success, manage political anxiety, develop gratitude, savor food, and face death.
Readers will walk away knowing more about an important school of philosophy, but moreover understanding how to get what they want in life--happiness--without the anxiety of striving for it.
Pleasure feels amazing! Anxiety, however, does not. The Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus rolled these two strikingly intuitive claims into a simple formula for happiness and well-being--pursue pleasure without causing yourself anxiety. But wait, is that even possible? Can humans achieve lasting pleasure without suffering anxiety about failure and loss? Epicurus thinks we can, at least once we learn to pursue pleasure thoughtfully.
In Living for Pleasure, philosopher Emily Austin offers a lively, jargon-free tour of Epicurean strategies for diminishing anxiety, achieving satisfaction, and relishing joys. Epicurean science was famously far ahead of its time, and Austin shows that so was its ethics and psychology. Epicureanism can help us make and keep good friends, prepare for suffering, combat imposter syndrome, build trust, recognize personal limitations, value truth, cultivate healthy attitudes towards money and success, manage political anxiety, develop gratitude, savor food, and face death.
Readers will walk away knowing more about an important school of philosophy, but moreover understanding how to get what they want in life--happiness--without the anxiety of striving for it.
- Chapter 1: Maybe We're Doing It Wrong
- Chapter 2: Epicureanism, The Original Cast
- Chapter 3: Happiness, Theirs and Ours
- Chapter 4: Why Hedonism?
- Chapter 5: What do you want?
- Chapter 6: The Fourfold Remedy
- Chapter 7: Why Can't We Be Friends?
- Chapter 8: Let Me Be Frank
- Chapter 9: Why Be Just?
- Chapter 10: Imposter Syndrome
- Chapter 11: Living Unnoticed: Politics and Power
- Chapter 12: Living Unnoticed: The Tyranny of the 'Like'
- Chapter 13: Wealth and What it Costs
- Chapter 14: Ambition, Work, and Success
- Chapter 15: Greed for Life
- Chapter 16: Misfortune and Resilience
- Chapter 17: Of Sex, Love, and Harmless Pleasure
- Chapter 18: Building the Tranquil Child
- Chapter 19: Drugs and Other Short Cuts
- Chapter 20: Foodies, Dinner Parties, and Wine Snobs
- Chapter 21: Science and Anxiety
- Chapter 22: That Old Time Religion
- Chapter 23: Experiencing Death
- Chapter 24: Pandemics and Other Comforting Horrors
- Chapter 25: On Practicing Epicureanism
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Philosophie |
| Jahrhundert: | Renaissance und Aufklärung |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Reihe: | Guides to the Good Life |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9780197558324 |
| ISBN-10: | 0197558321 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: | Austin, Emily A. |
| Hersteller: |
Oxford University Press Inc
Guides to the Good Life |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de |
| Maße: | 182 x 133 x 31 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Emily A. Austin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 09.02.2023 |
| Gewicht: | 0,366 kg |
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