On Desire: Why We Want What We WantOxford University Press, 1 нояб. 2005 г. - Всего страниц: 336 A married person falls deeply in love with someone else. A man of average income feels he cannot be truly happy unless he owns an expensive luxury car. A dieter has an irresistible craving for ice cream. Desires often come to us unbidden and unwanted, and they can have a dramatic impact, sometimes changing the course of our lives. In On Desire, William B. Irvine takes us on a wide-ranging tour of our impulses, wants, and needs, showing us where these feelings come from and how we can try to rein them in. Spicing his account with engaging observations by writers like Seneca, Tolstoy, and Freud, Irvine considers the teachings of Buddhists, Hindus, the Amish, Shakers, and Catholic saints, as well as those of ancient Greek and Roman and modern European philosophers. Irvine also looks at what modern science can tell us about desire--such as what happens in the brain when we desire something and how animals evolved particular desires--and he advances a new theory about how desire itself evolved. Irvine also suggests that at the same time that we gained the ability to desire, we were "programmed" to find some things more desirable than others. Irvine concludes that the best way to attain lasting happiness is not to change the world around us or our place in it, but to change ourselves. If we can convince ourselves to want what we already have, we can dramatically enhance our happiness. Brimming with wisdom and practical advice, On Desire offers a thoughtful approach to controlling unwanted passions and attaining a more meaningful life. |
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... Advice 182 TEN Religious Advice Continued: Protestant Sects 211 ELEVEN Philosophical Advice 238 TWELVE The Eccentrics 258 THIRTEEN Conclusions 279 Notes 298 Works Cited 309 Index 316 Acknowledgments If the hard drive of my computer can ...
... Advice 182 TEN Religious Advice Continued: Protestant Sects 211 ELEVEN Philosophical Advice 238 TWELVE The Eccentrics 258 THIRTEEN Conclusions 279 Notes 298 Works Cited 309 Index 316 Acknowledgments If the hard drive of my computer can ...
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... about the workings of desire. It also validates much of the advice on mastering desire offered by the likes of Buddha, Epictetus, and Thoreau. The social and economic developments of recent decades also make 4 Introduction.
... about the workings of desire. It also validates much of the advice on mastering desire offered by the likes of Buddha, Epictetus, and Thoreau. The social and economic developments of recent decades also make 4 Introduction.
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... advice. Perfect mastery of our desires is probably impossible. Even Buddha did not succeed in extinguishing desire: after his enlightenment, he retained a number of desires—to breathe, to eat, and most notably, to share with others the ...
... advice. Perfect mastery of our desires is probably impossible. Even Buddha did not succeed in extinguishing desire: after his enlightenment, he retained a number of desires—to breathe, to eat, and most notably, to share with others the ...
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... advice on mastering desire that has been given over the millennia and across cultures, including religious, philosophical, and what can best be described as eccentric advice. Readers should be warned at the outset that I will not, in ...
... advice on mastering desire that has been given over the millennia and across cultures, including religious, philosophical, and what can best be described as eccentric advice. Readers should be warned at the outset that I will not, in ...
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... advice thoughtful people have offered, over the millennia, on how we can prevent undesirable desires from arising within us and expel them from our minds when, despite our best efforts, they do arise. Again, I have no magic bullet to ...
... advice thoughtful people have offered, over the millennia, on how we can prevent undesirable desires from arising within us and expel them from our minds when, despite our best efforts, they do arise. Again, I have no magic bullet to ...
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