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A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy

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One of the great fears many of us face is that despite all our effort and striving, we will discover at the end that we have wasted our life. In A Guide to the Good Life, William B. Irvine plumbs the wisdom of Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome, and shows how its insight and advice are still remarkably applicable to ...more
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Published November 1st 2008 by Oxford University (first published 2008)
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Foad
Apr 24, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
در یکی از فیلم های سه گانۀ نیمه شب، جسی (ایثان هاک) آزمایشی را نقل می کند: گروهی از محققان بر روی کسانی که در بخت آزمایی برنده شده اند مطالعه کرده اند و متوجه نکتۀ جالبی شده اند. متوجه شده اند که برندگان بخت آزمایی پس از مدتی که جایزۀ هنگفت بخت آزمایی را بردند، باز به همان شخصیتی که قبل از ثروتمند شدن بودند، تبدیل می شوند: اگر قبل از این شاد و پرنشاط بودند، باز هم شاد و پرنشاط می شوند، اما با یک پورشه. و اگر بدخلق و افسرده بودند، باز هم بدخلق و افسرده می شوند، اما با یک پورشه. همین طور کسانی که ...more
Roy Lotz
There will be—or already has been!—a last time in your life that you brush your teeth, cut your hair, drive a car, mow the lawn, or play hopscotch.

In my review of Feeling Good, a self-help book, I noted the lack of practical philosophies in the modern world. Far from an original insight, I now see that this idea is a relatively common criticism of contemporary education and modern philosophy. The other day, for example, I stumbled upon a YouTube channel, the School of Life, an educational proj
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Hesam
1. می گویند در یونان باستان -برخلاف ایران باستان که حکومتی دیکتاتوری داشت- به سبب حکومت دموکراتیک اش، کسانی دارای شانیت بالاتر ِ اجتماعی بودند که توانایی شان در اقناع کردن مردمان بیشتر و بیشتر بود؛ از این رو بود که بازار مدارس آموزش فلسفه و منطق و جدل و خطابه داغ ِ داغ بود. در این بازار شلوغ که هر کس ادعای آموزش هنر زندگی به بهترین نحو را داشت سویی در دست افلاطونیان و آکادمی شان بود ، سویی در دست اپیکوریان، سویی برای مشاییان پیرو ارسطو، سویی سوفسطاییان و سویی کلبیون و ...در این میان گروهی از فلا ...more
Soheil
Jan 03, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
مدتى پيش با دوستان رواقى(سِنِكا جان،ماركوس خانِ اورليوس و...) آشنا شدم و در پى كتابى بودم كه باب آشنايى مرا با اين عزيزان بيشتر بگشايد.نويسنده ابتدا تاريخچه تقريبا كاملى از شكل گيري و تكامل اين مكتب را در اختيار خواننده قرار ميدهد و سپس به بررسى تكنيك هاى روانشناختى و توصيه هاى اين بزرگان مى پردازد.در بخش آخر هم به اثبات اين مقوله ميپردازد كه اين فلسفه،بهترين راه براى يك زندگى خردمندانه است و يك تنه به ستيز با نظريات مخالف اين مكتب ميپردازد.به نظرم توصيه ها و روش هاى پيشنهادى واقعا خوب و كاربردى ...more
Mohammadreza
به همه توصیه میکنم. کتاب ساده و خوشخوانه و چیزی نیست که مختص قشر خاصی باشه. توصیهها و تکنیکهای رواقی برای دستیابی به هدف نهایی رواقیون، یعنی آرامش، از پشتوانۀ منطقی و عقلی درستی برخورداره و برا همین آدم قبول میکنه. لااقل من که نتونستم خیلی چون و چرا کنم. در ضمن فهمیدم بعضی از روشهای رواقی و نوع نگاه اونها رو من بدون اینکه بدونم اجرا میکردهام تو زندگیم و این فلسفۀ زندگی به روحیاتم سازگاره.
یکی از توصیههای رواقیون اینه که سعی کنیم به جای تلاش برای به دست آوردن امکانات بیشتر و برآورده کردن بیش از پی
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Maryam
Jun 05, 2015 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
رواقیان هم مثل بودایی ها ما را به فکر کردن به سرشت ناپایدار جهان فرا می خوانند. سنکا تاکید می کند که هر چیز انسانی زودگذر و ناپایدار است.مارکوس هم همین نکته را به ما گوشزد می کند که همه ی چیزهای ارزشمند ما انسان ها همچون برگ درختان به وزش بادی بندند.او تاکید می کند که ناپایداری و تغییر در جهان پیرامون ما امری تصادفی نیست بلکه جزء ضروری آن است
Amir Tesla
Oct 13, 2016 rated it really liked it
Shelves: philosophy
Recommended to: If you are interested in applying philosophical views and wisdom to your life and if you value tranquility and inner peace above all.

What this book is about: The author William Irvine who is a professor of philosophy at Wright State University after having read through many philosophy schools from Zen Buddhist to Cynics and Stoics has come into conclusion that living a stoic life is worth pursuing due to its promising benefit which is tranquility and joy. He has thus compiled tea
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Jeffrey
Jan 18, 2009 rated it really liked it
There aren't many books written on a philosophy of life as there are 'philosophies' for life out there; and there aren't many books that exist in the great divide between academic philosophy and water-downed caricatures of philosophy (think Consolation of Philosophy but PART TWO...). Mr Irvine's book, however, provides one fairly detailed philosophy of life as Stoicism goes and bridges the divide by not only describing what is Stoicism but also, how to practice Stoicism for both tranquility and ...more
رؤیا
Feb 06, 2017 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: فلسفی
فلسفه ای برای زندگی کتابی در توضیح و تشریح مکتب رواقیون و در نهایت رواقی زیستن در دنیای امروز است. کتاب از چهار بخش "ظهور رواقی گری", راهکارهای روانشناختی رواقی", "توصیه های رواقی" و "رواقی زیستن در زندگی مدرن" تشکیل شده است. مکتب رواقیون به دنبال الویت بندی ارزشهای زندگی و به دنبال راهی برای آرام طی کردن مسیر زندگی با قبول واقعیات و بهترین نحو برخورد با پیشامدهای زندگی میباشد. اولین رواقی زنون و مهم ترین آنان سنکا, موسونیوس, اپیکتتوس و مارکوس آورلیوس میباشند که نقطه نظراتشان و نحوه زندگی اشان د ...more
Amin
به قول معروف هر چیزی باید ساده باشد، اما نه خیلی ساده! مخصوصا وقتی از فلسفه حرف می زنیم، خطر تبدیل کردن مفاهیم فلسفی به حرفهای روزمره وجود دارد و این اتفاقی است که تا حدی در این کتاب هم رخ داده است. یعنی گاهی انسان فکر می کند که با کتاب تجاری برای پروراندن مهارتهای شخصی روبرو است. البته این اتفاقی است که به صورت گسترده تری در مورد فلسفه رواقیون افتاده است و به عنوان برندی برای فروش محصولات فکری دنیای مدرن بکار میرود

در مباحث میانه کتاب، دو مشکل اصلی وجود دارد. اول، گاهی اندیشه های رواقی در یک عصر
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B. Rule
May 29, 2012 rated it liked it
This book gets 5 stars for subject, 2 stars for execution. The Stoics themselves are fascinating and every quote is a gem. However, the author doesn't trust the ancient Stoics to carry the argument. Instead, his account is a series of straw man arguments ("you might think that a Stoic would eat babies, but there's another reading..." Not quite that bad but almost.). Further, when he gets to the section on updating Stoicism for the modern world, the section where he has to do the heavy lifting by ...more
Fatemeh sherafati
وقتی که این کتاب رو خریده بودم فکر می کردم قرارِ با یه کتاب فلسفی روبرو بشم، اما کم کم که پیش می رفتم کم کم حس کردم تا حدودی دارم از فلسفه فاصله می گیرم.
کتاب من رو بیشتر به یاد کتاب های زرد می انداخت.

فصل اول، بیشتر معرفی تاریخ فلسفه ی رواقی، ومعرفی فیلسوف های رواقی بوده.
اما در ادامه، نویسنده بیشتر با بیانی تبلیغاتی تلاش کرده زندگی رواقی وار رو اونقدر خوب جلوه بده که خواننده ها هم این نوع زیستن رو انتخاب کنند.
یه جاهایی با نظر نویسنده موافق بودم، اما در بیشتر جاها مخالف، مثلا نویسنده یه جایی تشویق
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Amin
Feb 10, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: فلسفه
"وقتی در یک مسابقه قایقرانی شرکت میکنم، علی الظاهر تلاش میکنم قایقران های دیگر را شکست بدهم، اما در حقیقت درگیر رقابت مهم تری هستم: رقابت با خودم. خودِ دیگرم دیگرم تمایلی به یادگیری قایقرانی ندارد. ترجیح میدهد در رختخواب گرم و نرمش بماند."
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برای رواقی شدن یک بار خوندن این کتاب فایده ای نداره و فکر میکنم چند بار باید مرور کرد و توصیه هاش رو تمرین کرد.
بعضی از موارد به نظرم در دنیا امروزی قابل اجرا نیست!
ترجمه مترجم هم خیلی خوب، ساده و بدون تکلف بود. نشر گمان مترجم های خوبی داره :)
Mohammad Mahdi Fallah
کتابی عمیقاً مسئولانه و آموزنده که تفسیری امروزین از عقاید رواقیون را در جهان مدرن تصویر میکند. هرچند میتوان گامبهگام با کتاب همراه شد و از روانی متن لذت برد، ولی برای من بهشخصه کتاب همدلی برنمیانگیزد. ...more
David
May 13, 2016 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Recommends it for: Philosopher-kings, Zen Buddhists who suck at meditating, wannabe Vulcans
This was a pretty good if brief introduction to the Stoic philosophy. What's notable about it is that the author, William Irvine, is not merely presenting historical information about the Stoics, or a primer on Stoicism for purely educational purposes, but actually advocating Stoicism as a philosophy of life with applicability to modern Westerners. He spends some time talking about the history of the Stoic schools and pointing out that Stoics really did spend time constructing "proofs" that the ...more
Paula Vince
Sep 07, 2013 rated it really liked it
Shelves: non-fiction
The author's first book, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want was great, so I was pleased to have the opportunity to read this new one. Professor Irvine suggests that many people are dissatisfied and gloomy because we unconsciously live a lifestyle he calls "enlightened hedonism", in which we try to maximise the pleasure we experience, believing that as soon as we achieve a given goal, we'll be happy. The problem is that other unfulfilled desires instantly well up to take their place. He puts for ...more
Darryl
Mar 07, 2014 rated it liked it
Shelves: philosophy, stoicism
This popular book won't be of much interest to those who have already read Seneca, Epictetus, Musonius Rufus, and Marcus Aurelius, or, indeed, to anybody who has read a solid introduction to their thought.

Nor would it satisfy those looking for a clear and concise description of Stoic psychological techniques or 'exercises': for that, one might turn to "Stoic Spiritual Exercises" by Elen Buzare.

However, the book may be of interest to those seeking an easy-to-digest introductory exposition of Stoi
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Neil White
Dec 18, 2010 rated it it was ok
As much as I wanted to like this book, I'm forced to give it little more than a resounding "meh" with a B+ for effort. As much as I enjoy the subject matter, and appreciated the author's attempt to bring an ancient philosophy in line with the present day (which he does do with success), the writing itself feels stuck somewhere between a soft, feel-good self-help title that helps one live their life to the fullest, and a serious academic study of an influential philosophy. It seems Irvine couldn' ...more
Hamid e  Naser
Jun 12, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
فلسفه های زندگی دو جز دارند: به ما می گویند چه چیزهایی در زندگی ارزش دنبال کردن دارند و به ما یاد می دهند چطور به این چیزهای ارزشمند برسیم. همانطور که دیدیم از نظر رواقیون فقط آرامش ارزش دنبال کردن دارد/ ص 297
کتاب بسیار خوب و کاربردی ست و نکات بسیار ساده اما عمیقی درون خودش دارد. پس از خواندنش هم همواره به درد مراجعه ی دوباره و مرور آن نکات می خورد. کتاب راهکارهای مناسبی برای آرامش ارائه می دهد مانند چیزی که از متن آورده ام و چکیده ی برجسته ی کتاب هم همان است
بازگردان به پارسی خوب انجام شده و کیف
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Zahra
«آدمهای امروزی باور دارند که زندگی معنادار و رضایتبخش تنها در صورتی به دست میآید که به قدر کافی خرید کرده باشند. برای همین به جای داشتن فلسفهای برای زندگی٬ تمام اوقاتشان را صرف کار کردن میکنند تا بتوانند آخرین کالاهای مد روز بخرند. »

کتاب با توضیحاتی در مورد لزوم داشتن فلسفهی زندگی آغاز میشود و این دلایل با دلایلی که در یکی از کتابهای «دین و زندگی» در مورد داشتن دین مشترک هستند.
این که برای زندگیمان هدف داشته باشیم و بدون اتلاف عمر از مسیر اصلی به هدف زندگی برسیم.

و امّا رواقیون. رواقیگری یکی از
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Sonya
Apr 11, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
داشتن فلسفه اي براي زيستن و زيستن به همان نحوي كه برايش ساخته شده ايم، دغدغه ي بسياري از فلاسفه و برخي مردم عادي هست، شايد داشتن حياتي كه هنگام رسيدن مرگمان حسرت ها و اي كاش هاي كمتري داشته باشيم، خواسته ي بسياري از انسان هاي امروزي است. در اين كتاب نويسنده به معرفي فلسفه رواقي به عنوان فلسفه اي براي زندگي با آرامش بيشتر، مي پردازد، برخلاف آنچه مي پنداريم رواقيون افراد عزلت گزين و تارك دنيا نبوده و فلسفه اصلي آنهاچگونگي شاد بودن در سخت ترين شرايط است. در اين كتاب نويسنده با معرفي رواقيون مشهور و ...more
Mohammad
May 03, 2017 rated it really liked it
میگه برای اینکه زندگی رو هدر ندیم و یا چیزهای بیهوده رو دنبال نکنیم و موقع مرگ کارمون به افسوس خوردن نرسه، زندگی ما باید یک فلسفه کلی داشته باشه؛ فلسفهای که جهت و معنای زندگی ما رو مشخص میکنه.
حالا چه چیزی اون قدر ارزش داره که بتونیم زندگی رو در راهش صرف کنیم؟ رواقیها میفرمایند که این چیزی نیست جز آرامش. آرامش هم با اجتناب از احساسات منفی مثل غم، خشم، نفرت، اندوه، غرور، طمع و ... به دست میاد. باید به نحوی زندگی کنیم که میزان ایجاد این احساسات رو تا جای ممکن به حداقل برسونیم.

برای رسیدن به این هدف
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Scriptor Ignotus
Jul 09, 2018 rated it liked it
Shelves: philosophy, self-help
This book is essentially a “pitch” for adopting Stoicism—or a certain modernized iteration of Stoicism—as one’s philosophy of life. It includes a brief survey of the history of Stoicism, a list of psychological techniques which Stoics use to achieve and maintain tranquility (which Irvine understands to be the most fundamental Stoic aspiration), advice plucked from the works of Epictetus, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, and Marcus Aurelius on navigating some of life’s most exacting challenges: grief, ang ...more
C. Varn
Jun 16, 2012 rated it really liked it
Dr. Irvine presents Stoicism in its own context from the Roman period (which is the one where the ethics are more clearly developed, although it doesn't deal with the virtue and proto-physics of the Greek Stoics) and then puts it in a modern psychologized and evolutionary context.

First, this book is wonderfully layman friendly. He doesn't use the exact Greek and Roman terms. He doesn't discuss apatheia, prohairesis, and sunkatathesis. Dr. Irvine discusses tranquility, virtue, and reason. Dr. Irv
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Micole
Feb 07, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Very accessibly written, easy to apply guide to stoicism

Appreciate what you have (negative visualization)

Focus on what you can control (dichotomy/trichotomy of control) and do not concern yourself with things that are actually irrelevant (who invited you where, who complimented or insulted you)

Ask yourself, are you living by your values, not are you succeeding by someone else's (misguided) measures of success (wealth, material things, status symbols)

Practice poverty, discomfort, challenge... T
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Paul Toth
Dec 09, 2012 rated it really liked it
Lucky for me, some years back I stumbled into Diogenes, who refused to write prescriptions but referred me to the Stoics and Cynics. Slowly, I learned how to better bear the onslaught of life's unnecessary absurdity and how to remember how, despite myself and you. If my reasoning seems circular, so's the earth. Irvine renders Stoicism a relevant and applicable philosophy of life, especially for those lacking the time and inclination to read the source material. I don't pick bones, but I will not ...more
William1.2
May 16, 2012 rated it liked it
This is a very practical guide to living well. Please don't let the grounding in philosophy put you off. The Stoics were the most useful of philosophers. What Irvine has done is to distill the teachings of Seneca, Epictetus, Musonius, Marcus Aurelius and the others into concise guidelines that can be applied to everyday life. No abstractions heaped on abstractions here. This is lively prose intended to instill a number of basic mental concepts that can bring tranquility--the overarching Stoic id ...more
Nick Klagge
Jul 23, 2014 rated it really liked it
(tl;dr--nice book, Stoicism is awesome)

This was a very enjoyable and accessible book on Stoicism. The author describes himself as a "congenital Stoic," i.e. one whose mind is naturally in accordance with many aspects of Stoic philosophy, and I think I could be described as the same (thus my interest in reading this). For anyone who is interested, I also highly recommend some of the primary sources: the "Handbook" of Epictetus and the "Meditations" of Marcus Aurelius. They are very accessible too
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Kiwi Begs2Differ  ✎
Stoicism is a discipline, adopted by ancient Greeks and Roman philosophers, as a path to achieve tranquillity or peace of mind. The idea of a simplified life as philosophy of life, like the Stoics proposed, appeals to me, so I was very interested in reading this book.

After a brief history of the movement and its major exponents (Seneca, Epictetus, Musonius, Marcus Aurelius), the author interprets the stoic teachings turning them into suggestions to be applied to modern lives. Although it gives s
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Mohammad
حتماً کتابیست مفید و آموزهدار. امّا چند ایراد نیز بهنظرم میرسد که دارد. یکی از آنها عدمِ سازواریست. یعنی مجموعهی دیدگاههای این کتاب بهمثابهِ یک جهانبینش٬ یکدستی و سازواریِ مطلوبی ندارد. مشکلِ دیگرش این است که مغالطاتی منطقی در آن به چشم میخورد. بهخصوص در مواقعی که نویسنده با هدفِ دفعِ دخلِ مقدّر به تبیین و دفاع از دیدگاههای مکتبِ رواقی میپردازد. گاه این مغالطات آنقدر ابتداییاند که تعجّب میکردم از اینکه یک فیلسوف این سطرها را نوشته است. ولی در مجموع کتابِ غیرِمفیدی نبود و مواردی را هم از آن یاد گ ...more
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“Indeed, pursuing pleasure, Seneca warns, is like pursuing a wild beast: On being captured, it can turn on us and tear us to pieces. Or, changing the metaphor a bit, he tells us that intense pleasures, when captured by us, become our captors, meaning that the more pleasures a man captures, “the more masters will he have to serve.” 22 likes
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