[book] A Guide To The Good Life By William B. Irvine (9/10)

[Frode]

Hey there! Here are my favorite Big Ideas from the book "A Guide to the Good Life" by William B. Irvine. It's all about helping us apply wisdom from the ancient Stoics, who (as opposed to common belief), weren't these sulky, unemotional stones, but rather, quite joyful fellows who trained themselves not to get so worked up about trifles as most of us do in our daily lives. Hope you find something that resonates with you!

 

[JohnLeyo]

This is a Rare philosophy centred book full of very practical advices.

[Lynnel]

I read 20 chapters and found most of the advice very primitive.

Doing negative visualization doesn't help much and if you come from a place of suffering you cannot apply this advice since you are already suffering so much suffering more doesn't make such a difference/you won't care for some worse conditions.

Like "I'm so glad I'm not running arround naked in the street". Nonetheless, seeing poor people in third world countries may actually naturally trigger this appreciation, seeing misery in others is a quite sound advice.

Then internalize your goals and be a fatalist towards the past and the future.

Well thanks. All this advice could have been written on 2-3 pages and doesn't go in depth enough.