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On Desire - Why We Want What We Want (Paperback, New Ed)
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On Desire - Why We Want What We Want (Paperback, New Ed)
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A married person falls deeply in love with someone else. A man of
average income feels he cannot be truly happy unless he owns an
expensive luxury car. A dieter has an irresistible craving for ice
cream. Desires often come to us unbidden and unwanted, and they can
have a dramatic impact, sometimes changing the course of our lives.
In On Desire, William B. Irvine takes us on a wide-ranging tour of
our impulses, wants, and needs, showing us where these feelings
come from and how we can try to rein them in. Spicing his account
with engaging observations by writers like Seneca, Tolstoy, and
Freud, Irvine considers the teachings of Buddhists, Hindus, the
Amish, Shakers, and Catholic saints, as well as those of ancient
Greek and Roman and modern European philosophers. Irvine also looks
at what modern science can tell us about desire--such as what
happens in the brain when we desire something and how animals
evolved particular desires--and he advances a new theory about how
desire itself evolved. Irvine also suggests that at the same time
that we gained the ability to desire, we were "programmed" to find
some things more desirable than others. Irvine concludes that the
best way to attain lasting happiness is not to change the world
around us or our place in it, but to change ourselves. If we can
convince ourselves to want what we already have, we can
dramatically enhance our happiness.
Brimming with wisdom and practical advice, On Desire offers a
thoughtful approach to controlling unwanted passions and attaining
a more meaningful life.
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