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Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Aristotle and Plato ICYMI

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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Dealing with the animalistic parts of ourselves - Plato's insight

Plato recognized that dealing with our animalistic tendencies is best done by avoiding temptations. If that's not possible, we should avoid looking at them. In the most difficult situations, where both avoidance and attention are not possible, we must learn to resist.

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