Ronald Pies

Everything Has Two Handles (eBook, ePUB)

The Stoic's Guide to the Art of Living

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In the course of this compact and insightful work, Dr. Ronald Pies, tells us a little about what happiness is, and a lot about how to achieve it. The first chapter begins with a reminder from the great Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, that "things do not touch the soul." This, explains Pies, "is the keystone in the arch of Stoic philosophy." In a sense, then, the rest of the book is an extended meditation on how we might avoid letting things touch our souls too much. But, it is much more than simply a meditation. From here, Pies goes on to offer readers a well-researched, often witty explanation of how Stoic philosophy-as it resonates not only with Christian and Judaic, but also with Buddhist and Hindu worldviews-can guide and improve their lives. In the process, he draws on his own considerable clinical experience to offer composite case vignettes, both positive and negative, that illustrate the principles he is discussing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 74
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461626428
• Artikelnr.: 38316989

Autorenporträt

Ronald Pies, M.D. is a professor of psychiatry and lecturer on bioethics and humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University and professor of psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. Pies is author of Everything Has Two Handles: The Stoic's Guide to the Art of Living (Hamilton Books), The Ethics of the Sages (Rowman & Littlefield), several psychiatry textbooks, a collection of short stories, Zimmerman's Tefillin, and a collection of poems, Creeping Thyme. He lives outside Boston and pursues independent studies in Judaic ethics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Thinking and Feeling
Chapter 4 Morality and Meaning
Chapter 5 Morality and Self-Respect
Chapter 6 Adversity and Self-Possession
Chapter 7 Perfectionism, Virtue, and Self-Acceptance
Chapter 8 Living in Harmony with the Universe
Chapter 9 Living in the Here and Now
Chapter 10 The Opinion of Others
Chapter 11 The Common Bond of Being
Chapter 12 Character and Happiness
Chapter 13 Contentment with Our Lot
Part 14 References