Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life Austin Emily A.
Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life Austin Emily A. If we all want happiness and pleasure so much, then why are we so bad at getting it?Pleasure feels amazing! The Ancient Greek…
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Living for Pleasure: An Epicurean Guide to Life Austin Emily A.
If we all want happiness and pleasure so much, then why are we so bad at getting it?Pleasure feels amazing! The Ancient Greek Philosopher Epicurus rolled these two strikingly intuitive claims into a simple formula for happiness and well-being--pursue pleasure without causing yourself anxiety. Anxiety, however, does not.
Can humans achieve lasting pleasure without suffering anxiety about failure and loss? But wait, is that even possible? Epicurus thinks we can, at least once we learn to pursue pleasure thoughtfully.In Living for Pleasure, philosopher Emily Austin offers a lively, jargon-free tour of Epicurean strategies for diminishing anxiety, achieving satisfaction, and relishing joys.
Epicurean science was famously far ahead of its time, and Austin shows that so was its ethics and psychology. Epicureanism can help us make and keep good friends,