A Guide to the Good Life : The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy (36 page)

characterized,
166

and control,
168

enjoyment of,
181
–82

and happiness,
166

immortal,
168

on the price of,
167

and pursuit of wealth,
173

of the Stoic philosophers,
46
,
109
,
181

fatalism: ancient views regarding,
103
,
289n4

and control,
107

and negative visualization,
107
–8

in old age,
196

and preservation of tranquility,
102

social,
137
–38

with respect to the future,
104
,
105
,
253
–54

with respect to the past,
104
–5,
196
,
229
,
253
–54

with respect to the present,
105
–6,
229
,
253
–54

Fates,
102
,
103
,
289n4

food,
31
,
117
–18,
174
–76,
178
,
292n8

Frederick, Shane,
66

friendship.
See
social relations

Gallio,
47

Gibbon, Edward,
58

goals: conflicts between,
3

espoused by Stoicism,
10

external,
95

internal,
95

in living,
1
–3

our control over,
91
–92,
95
,
229
.
See also
internalization of goals

grace,
77

grief: allowed by Stoics,
82
,
153
,
215
–16

causes of,
81
–82,
104

delayed,
214
,
218
–19

feigning,
157
–58

modern views on treatment of,
157
–58,
214
–19

and negative visualization,
68
,
82
,
154
–55

reflexive nature of,
153
,
216

Stoicism as an effective response to,
217
–18

using reason to overcome,
155
–56

Gyara,
49
,
185

Hadrian,
57

happiness: and desire fulfillment,
66
,
85
,
133
,
224
,
266

and duty,
132
–33,
225

effect of external circumstances on,
220
–21,
247

effect of values on,
166
,
186
,
189
–90

fame and,
166

and hedonic adaptation,
66
–67

and insatiability,
66

and self-discipline,
225

Stoicism and the pursuit of,
35
,
39
,
228
,
230

strategies for gaining,
68

wealth and,
174
,
177

hedonic adaptation: as cause of insatiability,
67
,
74

characterized,
66
–67

and happiness,
66
–67

techniques to forestall and reverse,
67
–68,
74
,
99

hedonism,
4
,
6
,
11
,
113

Hellenistic philosophy,
6
,
212

Helvia,
156
,
173
,
185

Helvidius Priscus,
183

housing,
31
,
176
–77,
178

humor: as a response to insults,
147
–48,
255
–56

use of, to prevent anger,
162
,
258
–59

Hutterite religion,
23
–24

impermanence: Buddhist views concerning,
6
,
83

importance of contemplating,
83
–84,
163
,
205
,
228

using negative visualization to contemplate,
82
–83.
See also
clinging to things

impulses,
90

insatiability: causes of,
66
–67,
74
,
232

evolutionary explanation of,
232
,
235

and happiness,
66

as obstacle to a good life,
8
,
224

overcoming,
9
,
68
,
71
–72,
74
,
228
–29,
237
.
See also
desire: mastery of

insults: by academics,
255

author’s response to,
254
–56,
268
,
274
–75

Cato’s response to,
147
,
149
,
162

characterized,
142
–43

considering source of,
144
–46

as disrupter of tranquility,
143
–44,
228

eliminating sting of,
144
–47

humor in response to,
147
–48,
255
–56

not responding to,
148
–50

pain caused by,
142
–43,
168
,
236

political correctness movement and,
151
–52

as a proper concern of philosophy,
142

Socrates’ response to,
147
,
162
,
291n10

Stoic sage’s response to,
145

vigorous response to, by Stoics,
150
–51,
160
–61

internalization of goals: and avoidance of negative emotions,
95
–96

benefits of,
95
–98,
253

characterized,
95
–96,
98

implied by Descartes,
211

as a mind game,
98
–99

and preservation of tranquility,
100
–101

Stoic advocacy of,
99
–100,
229

jealousy,
128

Johnson, Samuel,
135

joy: absence of, in adults,
75

and aging process,
194
–95

characterized,
206
,
275
,
286n8

of children,
74

durability of,
83

experienced by Stoic sage,
206
,
276

experienced by Stoics,
7
–8,
47
–48,
213
,
239
,
275
–76,
278

experienced by Thoreau,
212

mistrusting feelings of,
276

obstacles to experience of,
247

revitalizing our capacity for,
74
,
76
,
83
,
123

Julia Livilla,
45

Julius Caesar,
100
,
200

Julius Canus,
198

King, Cynthia,
282

Lao Tzu,
179

Lecky, W. E. H.,
58
,
209

Lentulus,
147

lifestyle simplification,
264
–65

Loewenstein, George,
66

logic,
27
,
33
–34,
36
–37,
38
,
57

Long, Anthony A.,
51
,
52

Lucilius,
48
,
70
,
177
,
179
,
286n8

Lucius,
48

Lucius Verus,
57

lust,
36
,
139
–40,
193
.
See also
sexual relations

Lutz, Cora,
282

luxurious living: dangers associated with,
174
–75

effect of, on character,
177
–78,
181
,
182

effect of, on desires,
175
–76

expenses associated with,
178

and experience of delight,
175

and satisfaction,
177

Lyceum,
26

Marcia,
68
,
155

Marcus Aurelius: on anger,
163

on the art of living,
59
,
271

on the benefits of practicing Stoicism,
279

on character,
92
–93

on choosing our values,
92

on clinging to things,
82
–83

on contemplation of impermanence,
83
,
163

on control,
93
,
168
,
253

and the decline of Stoicism,
60
,
209

on duty,
129
–30,
132
,
243

early Cynicism of,
56

on falling victim to catastrophe,
205

on fame,
168

on fatalism,
102
–3,
106
,
107

his contribution to Stoicism,
44

his death,
59
–60,
199

his dislike of humanity,
130
–31

his fame,
181

his life,
55
–60

his
Meditations
,
38
,
44
,
56
,
57
,
59
,
60
,
69
,
124
,
129
,
131
,
139
,
282

his philosophical education,
56
–57

his philosophical interests,
38
,
57

his technique for analyzing the true value of things,
139

his wealth,
109
,
179

influenced by Epictetus,
57

on insults,
145

on living in the moment,
107
,
168

on loving mankind,
12
,
131

on negative visualization,
69
,
71

on people who are annoying,
55
–56,
136
–38

on pleasure,
115