关于人生，你可以问问亚里士多德 英文原版 Aristotle's Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life

基本信息

Author Edith Hall

Format Paperback | 272 pages

Dimensions 137 x 211 x 23mm | 249g

Publication date 14 Jan 2020

Publisher Penguin Books

Language English

Edition Statement Reprint

ISBN10 0735220824

ISBN13 9780735220829

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

内容简介

你无法保证自己所做的决定一定正确，

但你能保证的是，你为了这个决定所做的准备，可以*大化成功和幸福的机会。

想要得到幸福，就必须为自己的「做」与「不做」负起责任。

〈极端价值充斥的现世，*适合参照的「中道」智慧〉

「做对的事」，其实没那么了不起……

◎说什么「要有勇气」？

只是面对你害怕的事物，训练自己不要那么害怕。

◎说什么「实践正义」？

只是决定公平对待他人、负起该负的责任，同时帮助大家实现潜能，包括你自己。

◎说什么「决心自制」？

只是想清楚何谓「中庸之道」，什么是对强烈情绪、人际互动和欲望的适当反应。

人生可以自动驾驶吗？

许多人往往都不假思索地活着，觉得这样也很快乐！

亚里斯多德却深信：由自己主导，成为掌握人生控制面板的唯*驾驶，才是「活得好」的关键。

「快乐」不只是追求片刻的讨喜或开心，而是「一生持续的状态」，

而这种「幸福」或「满足」的源头就在于——

运用人类独有的理性思考，诚实面对自己的行与不行，

找到目标、实现潜能，持续地「做对的事」，努力修正以成为更好的自己。

英国知名文史古典学者伊迪丝．霍尔，

以浅近的现代语言和生活实例，为你我与古代贤哲之间搭起无碍的桥樑，

精准阐释亚里斯多德的哲思，用以因应各项现实课题——

如何做出明智的决定？如何在沟通和说服中达成目的？

如何利用「美德与恶习」检索表分析自己的性格、抗拒外在诱惑？

如何选择适合的伴侣与知己？如何面对死亡、丧亲等失落体验？……

不论天地、不谈神祇，从人类经验出发的亚里斯多德，只是带着你「好好想清楚自己」。

从幸福、慎思、认识自己到群体关系，他层层探问「为人」的十个根本学问，

那些原本看似高标的道德真理，在一步步推演、思索的路上，变得格外亲切与实用，

你也随之内化了贤哲智慧，用更宽待的眼，面对自己和周遭的一切。

无论古典希腊或现代世界，或是处在生命的哪个阶段，

亚里斯多德回归本质的人生忠告，永不过时。

【亚里斯多德的人生相谈】

◎如果我们培养美德、控制恶习，借此训练自己要良善，就会发现快乐的心态来自于「习惯性地做对的事」。

◎想要活得好、并公平对待他人，必须不惜代价地爱自己。幸福与自我厌恶并不兼容。

◎找出你喜欢做、也有天分的事，然后坚持做下去。这一点可能说的比做的容易，但身为人类，比起一棵榆树或一只瞪羚，至少你可以做出理性的选择。

◎不要急着考虑，慎思没有冲动的容身之处。确认所有资讯，不正确的知识永远不可能产生正确的决定。

◎我们是看某人有目的性的选择，来判断他的人格——不是看他做什么，而是看他为了什么而做。

◎第一印象很重要。灵魂高贵的人，必须在打扮浮夸到不修边幅之间取得平衡。衣衫过度破旧邋遢，本身就是一种夸耀。

◎如果你受到伤害而不觉得愤慨，这是道德功能失常的迹象。别人会认为你没有自尊，无法挺身捍卫任何事。愤怒，有时是高尚且正当的。

◎表现得体又不伤人的幽默，只开你愿意让别人对你或在你面前开的玩笑。谈到笑，你丢出去多少，就要愿意接受多少。

◎道德上的不作为跟主动作为一样严重，在临死前，我们会后悔的不是做了什么，而是没做什么。

◎休閒并不是次要的事。要充分利用閒暇，甚至比工作更耗费心力。无聊不仅是和平的敌人，也是幸福的敌人。

From renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE'S WAY is an examination of one of history's greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives

Two thousand years ago, Aristotle wrote the most important book on happiness. The first philosopher to inquire into subjective happiness, he understood its essence better and more clearly than anyone since. Most importantly, Aristotle understood happiness as available to the vast majority of us, but only, crucially, if we decide to apply ourselves to its creation. According to Aristotle, happiness is not about well-being but instead is a lasting state of contentment, which should be the ultimate goal of human life. We become happy through finding a purpose, realizing our potential, and modifying our behavior to become the best version of ourselves. With these objectives in mind, Aristotle developed a humane program for becoming a happy person. Here, Professor Edith Hall shows how his timeless teachings are exactly what we need today to stride purposefully towards a life well lived. As Hall writes, "If you believe that the goal of human life is to maximize happiness, then you are a budding Aristotelian." In expert yet vibrant modern language, Hall lays out the crux of Aristotle's thinking, mixing affecting autobiographical anecdotes with a deep wealth of classical learning. For Hall, whose own life has been greatly improved by her understanding of Aristotle, this is an intensely personal subject. She distills his ancient wisdom into ten practical and universal lessons to help us confront life's difficult and crucial moments, summarizing a lifetime of the most rarefied and brilliant scholarship.

推荐理由

“Hall’s new book clears a rare middle way for her reader to pursue happiness . . . Aristotle’s Way carefully charts the arc of a virtuous life that springs from youthful talent, grows by way of responsible decisions and self-reflection, finds expression in mature relationships, and comes to rest in joyful retirement and a quietly reverent death. Easier said than done, but Aristotle, Hall explains, is there to help.” — New York Times Book Review

“Hall explains some of the philosopher’s most complex ideas in an approachable way, covering his notes on everything from the power of community to understanding your goals and why you should always consult a third party when making a decision . . . When it comes to happiness, perhaps it’s actually time to say out with the new and in with the old.” — TIME Magazine

 “In clear, patient language, Hall deftly weaves threads pulled from this daunting range of material into lessons that pertain directly to dilemmas of modern life . . . We are told that Hall “first encountered Aristotle when she was twenty, and he changed her life forever”; one of the book’s strengths is her tone of unmistakable sincerity.” — American Scholar

“[A] lucid account… nontechnical but deeply grounded… Can happiness come from virtue? This lively book makes a good argument in the affirmative.” — Kirkus Review

"Delivers an expansive, practical assessment of Aristotle... She handles weighty, difficult topics such as depression and everyday tasks such as preparing for an important meeting or job interview with the same measured, clear prose... her book is an engaging, thrilling approach to Aristotle’s pragmatic thought. It is a useful introduction to the ideas of one of the most important philosophers in world history." — Publishers Weekly

“With vivid, page-turning prose, Aristotle’s Way invites you into the wise, practical, intentional, self-determined world of Aristotle’s mind. Nearly everything that psychological scientists have discovered about happiness was anticipated by Aristotle 23 centuries ago. You will be a slightly different person after finishing this beautiful book than you were before you started.” —Sonja Lyubomirsky, author of The How of Happiness

“A wonderfully lively and personal guide to Aristotle's philosophy of well-being. Read it and flourish!” —Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live: A Life of Montaigne

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way: Aristotle did it his way, Edith Hall – magnificently – does it hers, in this combined critical appreciation and celebration of the philosopher-scientist whom Karl Marx hailed as a ‘giant thinker’. Readers keen to live a Good Life – and prepare for a Good Death – should dive head first into this fount of ancient but still modern wisdom.” —Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus at the University of Cambridge

作者简介

About the Author

伊迪絲．霍爾（Edith Hall）

霍爾在二十歲時初遇亞里斯多德，她的人生也就此改變。如今她已是英國頂*的古典學者、倫敦國王學院的教授，也是第一位贏得歐洲學院伊拉斯謨獎章（Erasmus Medal）這項學術殊榮的女性。2017年她並獲頒雅典大學榮譽博士學位，而這所大學和亞里斯多德創辦的呂克昂學院（Lyceum）只相隔幾條街。除了本書，霍爾另著有數部古希臘羅馬歷史的相關書籍，皆廣獲好評。

Edith Hall first encountered Aristotle when she was twenty, and he changed her life forever. Now one of Britain's foremost classicists, and a Professor at King's College London, she is the first woman to have won the Erasmus Medal of the European Academy. In 2017 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Athens University, just a few streets away from Aristotle's own Lyceum. She is the author of several books, including Introducing the Ancient Greeks. She lives with her family in Cambridgeshire.