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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Stoicism draws on Epicurean insights, helping us find greater happiness amid modern consumerism’s pressures and daily temptations we face.
Chapter 3: Stoics say you can’t alter the surrounding world, but you can choose and reshape how you respond to it.
Chapter 4: Discovering how to release what you can’t control becomes an experience of genuine liberation.
Chapter 5: Concentrating on your performance uses time better than fixating endlessly on the final outcomes.
Chapter 6: Stoics rely on first impressions and nurture self-awareness.
Chapter 7: Anger opposes reason and inevitably drives us toward unhappiness and deep lasting remorse.
Chapter 8: The surest way to manage anger is to wait it out, then examine what truly and originally provoked it.
Chapter 9: Reining in curiosity helps maintain your peace of mind.
Description
Happy (2016) takes a look at the ancient world’s most zen philosophers – the Stoics – and asks what thinkers like Epicurus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius can teach us about happiness. The answer according to Derren Brown? A great deal. Packed with insights into the robust and rational outlooks of these Greek and Roman sages, these blinks illuminate a vital chapter in the history of Western philosophy while showing us how we can lead better, more fulfilling lives today.
Who Should Listen
- Philosophers and thinkers
- The short-tempered and stressed
- Happiness-seekers