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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... philosophers have said. Besides being multicultural, my examination of desire was multidisciplinary. After examining the writings of philosophers and religious thinkers, I investigated scientific research into how and why we form the ...
... philosophers have said. Besides being multicultural, my examination of desire was multidisciplinary. After examining the writings of philosophers and religious thinkers, I investigated scientific research into how and why we form the ...
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... philosophers say, we might want to spend time studying their writings. But having said this, I should add that the time and effort we spend trying to master desire are probably considerably less than the time and effort we will expend ...
... philosophers say, we might want to spend time studying their writings. But having said this, I should add that the time and effort we spend trying to master desire are probably considerably less than the time and effort we will expend ...
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... philosopher Seneca described love as “friendship gone mad.”1 French aphorist François duc de La Rochefoucauld declared, “All the passions cause us to make mistakes, but love is responsible for the silliest ones.”2 Freud called ...
... philosopher Seneca described love as “friendship gone mad.”1 French aphorist François duc de La Rochefoucauld declared, “All the passions cause us to make mistakes, but love is responsible for the silliest ones.”2 Freud called ...
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... philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.”9 The departure of love can be as puzzling as its arrival. Philosopher Bertrand Russell, for example, was a happily married man until ...
... philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal, “The heart has its reasons, which reason does not know.”9 The departure of love can be as puzzling as its arrival. Philosopher Bertrand Russell, for example, was a happily married man until ...
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... philosopher? No such thing. At the time she fell into her meaning-of-life crisis, doctors, in an attempt to relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, had been electrically stimulating a region of her brain. Researchers have found ...
... philosopher? No such thing. At the time she fell into her meaning-of-life crisis, doctors, in an attempt to relieve the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, had been electrically stimulating a region of her brain. Researchers have found ...
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