A Guide to the Good Life : The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (37 page)
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Authors: William B. Irvine
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on progress in the practice of Stoicism,
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on self-observation,
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on sexual relations,
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on social fatalism,
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on social relations,
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on the value of tranquility,
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on wealth,
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Marrou, H. I.,
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judging our progress as Stoics during,
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–23
Megarian school: history of,
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influence of, on Stoicism,
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–33
subjects taught in,
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mother of author,
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–74
Musonius Rufus: applauded by modern feminists,
50
on cooking vessels,
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and decline of Stoicism,
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on the effort required to practice Stoicism,
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–3
on exile,
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–86
on fame,
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on food,
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–76
his contribution to Stoicism,
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his fame,
181
his life,
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–49
on housing,
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–77
on how the study of philosophy should affect us,
50
on the importance of studying philosophy,
49
on joy,
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on luxurious living,
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–78
on marriage,
140
on parenthood,
141
on participation in public affairs,
50
on pleasure,
176
on self-denial,
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–11
on social duty,
129
works by,
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Navia, Luis E.,
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negative visualization: and ability to experience delight,
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,
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,
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also called “premeditation of evils,”
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as cause of anxiety,
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as cause of excessive attachment,
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–82
as cause of gloomy thoughts,
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as cause of optimism,
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–74
as cause of pessimism,
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and contemplation of death,
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–71
and contemplation of loss of abilities,
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and contemplation of loss of material possessions,
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contrasted with catastrophes,
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and fatalism,
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–8
forgetting to engage in,
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–52
and other people’s misfortunes,
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practice of, by impoverished individuals,
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–73
practice of, by novice Stoics,
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as a psychological trick,
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reasons for contemplating bad things happening,
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–66
retrospective,
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Niebuhr, Reinhold,
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novelist, aspiring: internalization of goals by,
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obesity,
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–42
Oklahoma City bombing,
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old age: advice of the elderly concerning,
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benefits of,
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–93
disadvantages of,
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–92
and sexual desire,
193
social status in,
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optimism: characterized,
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–74
ridiculed,
78
of Stoics,
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–74.
See also
pessimism
“other self,”
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–64
Paconius Agrippinus,
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–84
Panaetius of Rhodes,
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people, other.
See
social relations
Peripatetic school,
26
Perot, Ross,
73
pessimism: negative visualization as a cause of,
73
as obstacle to the experience of joy,
247
of Stoics,
73
.
See also
optimism
Phaedo,
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Philip, King,
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philosophers of life: in the ancient world,
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–4
role of,
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–3
philosophies of life: and acceptance of death,
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–98
available to modern individuals,
28
increasing attraction of, as we age,
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–90
mocking those who adopt,
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provided by religions,
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–24
proving the correctness of,
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relativism regarding,
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–49
require self-control,
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–15,
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.
See also
Buddhism; Cynicism; Epicureanism; Stoicism
philosophy: early history of,
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–20
how study of, should affect us,
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importance of studying,
49
pleasure: can be experienced exercising self-control,
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–18,
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Cynic views regarding,
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–14
evolutionary explanation of ability to experience,
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political correctness,
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politics,
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–22
Posidonius,
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Potamo of Alexandria,
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Price, Simon,
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projective visualization,
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views of modern, on how to deal with emotions,
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–58,
213
–19.
See also
evolutionary psychology
Quintus Junius Rusticus,
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evolutionary explanation of,
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–34
a human trait,
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“misuse” of, to overcome evolutionary programming,
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–36,
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,
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use of, in treatment of grief,
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–56