Is It Possible to Have Equianimity?

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Buddhism talks about equanimity as the ultimate virtue. When people find that they are unable to have as much equanimity, they feel bad about themselves. It's a simple matter of biology. You have this precious, powerful, reasoning brain,. A wash in this chemical fluid that can change from minute to minute. If you want to see what happens, if you want to get your rational mind out of the picture and just see what your emotions and your heart and got can do, get drunk. Ha ha, ha, ha h the higher brain checks out, and that's yo left. And and when you calm down. So we are biologicalat swe have hormons

William Irvine, a professor at Wright State University, thinks, teaches, and writes about philosophy. He is the author of many books and publications including the one he and Eric discuss in this episode, The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher’s Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient.

In this episode, Eric and Bill discuss what it means to live and practice Stoicism.

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Professor William B. Irvine and I Discuss Applied Stoicism and…

His book, The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher’s Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient
Three sources from which your desires can arise
The limitations of our rational brain
Techniques for harnessing negative emotions and using them for good purposes
The practice of stoicism
That as humans, no matter what we have we will take it for granted
Remembering that for everything we do, there will be a last time
A better goal in life than being happy
The role and benefit of having a grand goal
The trichotomy of control

William Irvine links:

Bill’s Website

Bill’s Writings

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