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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... desires have changed. We are awash in desire at virtually every waking moment. If we fall asleep, we temporarily subdue our desires—unless we dream, in which case our dreams will likely be shaped by our desires. Our skill at forming desires ...
... desires have changed. We are awash in desire at virtually every waking moment. If we fall asleep, we temporarily subdue our desires—unless we dream, in which case our dreams will likely be shaped by our desires. Our skill at forming desires ...
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... desires people took for granted—that for decades had shaped their ... desires, it helps to understand them. It is for this reason that, in Part Two of this book, I take a look at what scientists have discovered about desire—about how we form ...
... desires people took for granted—that for decades had shaped their ... desires, it helps to understand them. It is for this reason that, in Part Two of this book, I take a look at what scientists have discovered about desire—about how we form ...
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... desire works, the role it plays in human life, and the connection between desire formation, desire fulfillment, and human happiness. The hope is that readers armed with this insight will achieve a greater level of personal satisfaction ...
... desire works, the role it plays in human life, and the connection between desire formation, desire fulfillment, and human happiness. The hope is that readers armed with this insight will achieve a greater level of personal satisfaction ...
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... desires are formed in this manner. To the contrary, many of our most profound, life-affecting desires are not rational, in the sense that we don't use rational thought processes to form them. Indeed, we don't form them; they form ...
... desires are formed in this manner. To the contrary, many of our most profound, life-affecting desires are not rational, in the sense that we don't use rational thought processes to form them. Indeed, we don't form them; they form ...
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... desire to convert to Catholicism. It is a classic example of a ... desires to God's will. For most people, this would have been the end of the story, but Merton soon came to realize that “there had been another thought, half forming ...
... desire to convert to Catholicism. It is a classic example of a ... desires to God's will. For most people, this would have been the end of the story, but Merton soon came to realize that “there had been another thought, half forming ...
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