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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... fame, fortune, and all the things that go with them. (And if not fame and fortune, at least social status and relative affluence.) They imagine that on gaining this success, they will also gain satisfaction—they will at last feel ...
... fame, fortune, and all the things that go with them. (And if not fame and fortune, at least social status and relative affluence.) They imagine that on gaining this success, they will also gain satisfaction—they will at last feel ...
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... fame. McMurtry underwent heart surgery. His recovery went well for the first two months, but then disaster struck: he could no longer read. It isn't that his eyes or brain failed him. He had simply lost the desire to read, a desire that ...
... fame. McMurtry underwent heart surgery. His recovery went well for the first two months, but then disaster struck: he could no longer read. It isn't that his eyes or brain failed him. He had simply lost the desire to read, a desire that ...
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... fame. He was, as most people are, filled with desire, but then something strange began to happen: he began to experience “moments of perplexity.” They would pass, only to recur. These moments, he says, “were always expressed by the ...
... fame. He was, as most people are, filled with desire, but then something strange began to happen: he began to experience “moments of perplexity.” They would pass, only to recur. These moments, he says, “were always expressed by the ...
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... fame and fortune. If universal fame eludes them, they seek regional fame, local renown, popularity within their social circle, or distinction among their colleagues. Likewise, if they can't amass a fortune in absolute terms, they seek ...
... fame and fortune. If universal fame eludes them, they seek regional fame, local renown, popularity within their social circle, or distinction among their colleagues. Likewise, if they can't amass a fortune in absolute terms, they seek ...
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... fame. They are ready to run all risks greater than they would have run for their children, and to spend money and undergo any sort of toil, and even to die, for the sake of leaving behind them a name which shall be eternal.”2 Samuel ...
... fame. They are ready to run all risks greater than they would have run for their children, and to spend money and undergo any sort of toil, and even to die, for the sake of leaving behind them a name which shall be eternal.”2 Samuel ...
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