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    More Than Happiness: Buddhist and Stoic Wisdom for a Sceptical Age

    By Antonia Macaro

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    ‘This groundbreaking study provides a much-needed  philosophical framework for those practising mindfulness  as well as a call to recover the pragmatic and therapeutic dimensions of philosophy.’ - Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism and Secular Buddhism

    Modern readers tend to think of Buddhism as spending time alone meditating, searching for serenity.  Stoicism calls to mind repressing our emotions in order to help us soldier on through adversity. But how  accurate are our popular understandings of these traditions? And what can we learn from them without either buying in  wholeheartedly to their radical ideals or else transmuting them into simple self-improvement regimes that bear little  resemblance to their original aims?

    How can we achieve more than happiness?

    In More than Happiness, Antonia Macaro delves into both philosophies, focusing on the elements that fit with our sceptical age, and those which have the potential to make the biggest impact on how we live. From accepting that some things are beyond our control, to monitoring our emotions for unhealthy reactions, to shedding attachment to material things, there is much, she argues, that we can take and much that we’d do better to leave behind.

    In this synthesis of ancient wisdom, Macaro reframes the ‘good life’, and gets us to see the world as it really is and to question the value of the things we desire. The goal is more than happiness: living ethically and placing value on the right things in life. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIcon Books
    Release dateJan 4, 2018
    ISBN9781785781346

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      Excruciatingly dull. There is nothing more wise (when achieved) than moderation, nor (apparently) more boring than exhortations thereto. Macaro's prose is serviceable but her treatment of her subject somehow simultaneously superficial and plodding. And, despite Macaro's initial position, "We shouldn't just pick and choose from ancient wisdom," that's...exactly what she proceeds to do. It's okay, really, we all do it all the time. Some people would say it's arbitrarily picking and choosing that constitutes religion.Two stars for Macro's initial chapters comparing and contrasting Buddhism and Stoicism. Ultimately disappointing; More than Happiness did not live up to its promises.(Note to self: How did I give Holiday three stars when he's far more superficial than Macaro? Well, at least he writes engagingly.)