Previously yr, we went collectively on a journey to discover 5 totally different philosophies of happiness and to attempt to apply them to our personal time and our personal lives: Aristotle, Fromm, Epicurus, Hermit life and Stoicism. Listed here are among the highlights from the previous yr.
Wanting again on 2021, there have been so many glorious articles, notably these of our sensible friends, who contributed each unique items and interviews to this website. Many due to all of them for his or her contributions and their help to Each day Philosophy!
Within the following, I provide you with solely a few of my very own articles as a result of to incorporate all of the contributed articles would make the checklist too lengthy, and I discover it inconceivable to decide on amongst them. Discover all of the visitor articles and interviews right here:
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Now, let’s begin, as we did prior to now yr, with Aristotle:
Aristotle’s concept of happiness rests on three ideas: (1) the virtues, that are good properties of 1’s character that profit oneself and others; (2) phronesis, which is the power to make use of the virtues to the correct amount in any explicit scenario; and (3) eudaimonia, which is a life that’s blissful, profitable and morally good, all on the similar time. This month, we focus on how you can really go about residing a life like that.
Martha Nussbaum’s Capabilities Strategy has all the time fascinated me as a means of making an attempt to checklist the circumstances for a “good” human life. Whether or not this works as meant or not, it’s a courageous try to carry readability into the query of what makes a life value residing.
Within the capabilities strategy, thinker Martha Nussbaum argues {that a} human life, with a purpose to attain its highest potential, should embody quite a lot of “capabilities” – that’s, of precise potentialities that one can realise in a single’s life.
Aristotle’s life is itself an interesting story of genius and greatness:
Aristotle (384-322 BC), born in Stageira, Greece, is among the most influential philosophers who ever lived. He labored not solely in philosophy, but in addition wrote dozens of books on all matters, from astronomy and biology to literary concept.
Richard Taylor offers Aristotle’s concept a contemporary spin that makes it resonate with our personal lives:
Richard Taylor (1919–2003) thought that it’s creativity that makes us really feel blissful and fulfilled. In keeping with Taylor, a life lived with out exercising one’s creativity is a wasted life.
Right here is, by the way in which, Each day Philosophy’s guide on Aristotle that started as a sequence of articles, however which you can now purchase as an e book or paperback on Amazon. Please take into account shopping for it to help Each day Philosophy!
Reside Happier with Aristotle: Inspiration and Workbook (Each day Philosophy Guides to Happiness).
On this guide, philosophy professor, founder and editor of the Each day Philosophy net journal, Dr Andreas Matthias takes us all the way in which again to the traditional Greek thinker Aristotle within the seek for knowledge and steerage on how we will reside higher, happier and extra satisfying lives at the moment.
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From Aristotle we went to Erich Fromm:
We then examined the speculation of historic thinker Epicurus:
Historic Greek thinker Epicurus (341-270 BC) believes that the way in which to make sure happiness all through life is to cut back one’s wishes in order that they are often simply fulfilled.
… and the inspiring adaptation of Epicurean thought to our personal world by Stephanie Mills:
In her guide “Epicurean Simplicity,” creator and activist Stephanie Mills analyses what’s mistaken with our fashionable lifestyle – and he or she goes again to the philosophy of Epicurus to discover a remedy. Mills’ guide is as stunning and stress-free as it’s inspiring – a passionate plea for a life well-lived, a life that’s much less wasteful and extra significant.
Within the half on hermits, we talked about fashionable and historic hermits, castaways and nuns, Heidegger and Chomei, and in addition about Daoism, the enigmatic, non secular philosophy of the East:
The Dao De Jing, actually “The Traditional of the Method and the Advantage,” is historically attributed to an creator identified solely as Lao Zi, which suggests “Outdated Grasp.”
And eventually, within the part on Stoicism, we talked about what the phrase “Stoic” means and the way Stoics view the self:
For the Stoics, all the pieces that occurs to us appears to have a particular significance that the identical occasion wouldn’t have if it occurred to another person.
That’s all for at the moment! Thanks a lot once more for being a part of this journey and I hope that we will spend many extra stress-free and considerate hours collectively within the yr that lies forward.
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Glad New 12 months!
— Andy
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