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Author Austin, Emily A., author.

Title Living for pleasure : an Epicurean guide to life / Emily A. Austin.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2023]
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Description x, 307 pages ; 19 cm.
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Series Guides to the good life
Guides to the good life.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-297) and index.
Contents Series editor foreword / Stephen R. Grimm -- Maybe we're doing it wrong -- Epicureanism, the original cast -- Happiness, theirs and ours -- Natural hedonism -- What do you want? -- Why can't we be friends? -- Let me be frank -- The pleasures of virtue -- Imposter syndrome -- Wealth and what it costs -- Living unnoticed: politics and power -- Living unnoticed: the tyranny of the "like" -- Ambition, work, and success -- Greed for life -- Misfortune and resilience -- Of sex, love, and harmless pleasure -- Building the tranquil child -- Foodies, dinner parties, and wine snobs -- Science and anxiety -- That old time religion -- Experiencing death -- Pandemics and other comforting horrors -- The fourfold remedy -- Practicing Epicureanism.
Summary "Pleasure feels amazing! Anxiety, however, does not. 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. But wait, is that even possible? Can humans achieve lasting pleasure without suffering anxiety about failure and loss? Epicurus thinks we can, at least once we learn to pursue pleasure thoughtfully. In Living for Pleasure, philosopher Emily A. Austin offers a lively, jargon-free tour of Epicurean strategies to diminish anxiety, achieve satisfaction, and relish joy. 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, prepare for suffering, combat imposter syndrome, build trust, recognize personal limitations, value truth, cultivate healthy attitudes towards money and success, manage political anxiety, develop gratitude, savor food, and face death. Readers will walk away knowing more about an important school of philosophy but moreover understanding how to get what they want in life -- happiness -- without the anxiety of striving for it." -- Jacket flap.
Subject Conduct of life.
Epicureans (Greek philosophy)
Well-being -- Philosophy.
Pleasure.
Hedonism.
Happiness.
Pleasure (OCoLC)fst01067078
Hedonism (OCoLC)fst00954467
Happiness (OCoLC)fst00951160
Conduct of life (OCoLC)fst00874563
Epicureans (Greek philosophy) (OCoLC)fst00914072
Added Author Grimm, Stephen R. (Stephen Robert), 1971- author of foreword.
Added Title Epicurean guide to life
ISBN 9780197558324 (hardcover) : $18.95
0197558321 (hardcover)

 
    
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