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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... example of an involuntary life-affecting desire. We don't reason our way into love, and we typically can't reason our way out: when we are in love, our intellectual weapons stop working. Falling in love is like waking up with a cold—or ...
... example of an involuntary life-affecting desire. We don't reason our way into love, and we typically can't reason our way out: when we are in love, our intellectual weapons stop working. Falling in love is like waking up with a cold—or ...
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... Philosopher Bertrand Russell, for example, was a happily married man until, during a bicycle ride along a country road, he suddenly realized that he no longer loved his wife. This realization 14 The Secret Life of Desire.
... Philosopher Bertrand Russell, for example, was a happily married man until, during a bicycle ride along a country road, he suddenly realized that he no longer loved his wife. This realization 14 The Secret Life of Desire.
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... example, the predicament of the consumer who one day detects in himself a desire to own one of those absurdly oversized cars known as sport utility vehicles. Although SUV buyers attempt to give rational justifications for their purchase ...
... example, the predicament of the consumer who one day detects in himself a desire to own one of those absurdly oversized cars known as sport utility vehicles. Although SUV buyers attempt to give rational justifications for their purchase ...
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... example, to spend $450,000 on a wristwatch, $15,000 on stereo headphones, and $6,000 on a Sub-Zero refrigerator. (I recently toured the home of someone who owns one of these refrigerators. “Why do they call it Sub-Zero?” I asked ...
... example, to spend $450,000 on a wristwatch, $15,000 on stereo headphones, and $6,000 on a Sub-Zero refrigerator. (I recently toured the home of someone who owns one of these refrigerators. “Why do they call it Sub-Zero?” I asked ...
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... example of a spontaneous desire: “All of a sudden, something began to stir within me, something began to push me, to prompt me. It was a movement that spoke like a voice.”14 The voice told Merton to go find a priest and express a desire ...
... example of a spontaneous desire: “All of a sudden, something began to stir within me, something began to push me, to prompt me. It was a movement that spoke like a voice.”14 The voice told Merton to go find a priest and express a desire ...
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