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On the surface, stoicism and emotion seem like contradictory terms. Yet the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome were deeply interested in the emotions, which they understood as complex judgments about what we regard as valuable in our surroundings. Stoicism and Emotion shows that they did not simply advocate an across-the-board suppression of feeling, as stoicism implies in today’s English, but instead conducted a searching examination of these powerful psychological responses, seeking to understand what attitude toward them expresses the deepest respect for human potential.

In this elegant and clearly written work, Margaret Graver gives a compelling new interpretation of the Stoic position. Drawing on a vast range of ancient sources, she argues that the chief demand of Stoic ethics is not that we should suppress or deny our feelings, but that we should perfect the rational mind at the core of every human being. Like all our judgments, the Stoics believed, our affective responses can be either true or false and right or wrong, and we must assume responsibility for them. Without glossing over the difficulties, Graver also shows how the Stoics dealt with those questions that seem to present problems for their theory: the physiological basis of affective responses, the phenomenon of being carried away by one’s emotions, the occurrence of involuntary feelings and the disordered behaviors of mental illness. Ultimately revealing the deeper motivations of Stoic philosophy, Stoicism and Emotion uncovers the sources of its broad appeal in the ancient world and illuminates its surprising relevance to our own.

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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (November 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226305589
ISBN-13: 978-0226305585
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches
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Old School Stoicism

Bybronx book nerdVINE VOICEon February 3, 2011

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The word stoic has come to connote someone who is impermeable in the face of circumstance and almost without emotion. That impression is not what the early Stoics meant to convey. Professor Graver provides a detailed and comprehensive account, much involving the fruit of research of original works, of what Stoics really taught about emotions and how humans should or should not react to certain types of events or objects. The wise person for Stoics is someone who knows what is truly good or evil, and those are things only over which someone has direct control - what you think or what you do. Other things, like wealth, fame, etc. are external which are not intrinsically good or evil; when they, or their opposites occur, they do not require the attention and emotion that most of us assign them. The only things we need to be concerned about are the virtues which are under our control and the things we do that move us towards those virtues (that's how I interpret it and if I were in Prof. Graver's class, she may correct me). Stoics did allow for emotion in the natural life of people; they even conceded something like pre-emotions for situations where anyone would likely react, like the sounds of an explosion, for example, by trembling or such, without assenting to the emotion of fear. An assent is the key here, which is the volitional surrender, almost, to a particular emotion based on irrational thought; that is, succumbing to fear when fear is not called for, or labeling something as evil that really isn't and then following that valuation to its logical emotional conclusion.

There was a lot in this that is really for academics studying the depths and sources of stoic philosophy. But for anyone like myself looking to grow my intellectual philosophical muscles, this is a good work to push a little harder - it's challenging but not overwhelming. I would like to see in the future Graver or someone equally qualified write a more accessible how-to or self-help book based on stoicism. I think it would do a world of good for our shallow and confused world.

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A sophisticated perspective on stoic account on emotions.

ByPhilonouson December 29, 2012

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A very rigorous, robust, nuanced, thorough and informative account on Stoic thought on emotions. Graver goes into great details from linguistic usage of stoic terms to the sources of ancient stoic philosophers to explain what the stoics thought about emotions. Graver even tries to give a very charitable account in order to dispel myths and misconceptions about how the Stoics view emotions. In this sense, I admire this book. However, despite this impressive scholarly work, the book is rather dry and dull from the stylistic point of view. I can only say that reading this book takes a lot of effort, attention, and patience but to be realistic this wouldn't be for the general audience. Nonetheless, the book is worth reading if anyone does have an investing interest in stoicism, I will only caution that person to take time reading the book.

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Scholarly, readable, and wise

ByBWon January 12, 2014

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This book carefully assembles the evidence for a vivid and balanced analysis of the ancient Stoic account of emotion. It shows how the ancient Stoic account endorses a richly varied emotional life while at the same time the modulation or even extirpation of destructive passions. Others have speculated that this was in fact what the Stoics meant to do, but they have mostly relied on evidence from late or Roman stoicism. This book shows that the evidence for such an account is there in the Old Stoa as well.

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Byturnstile138on December 10, 2012

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Graver's precise examination of stoicism's engagement with emotion provides a set of crucial concepts for better understanding stoic philosophy. Stoicism's historical impact on western thought makes Graver's book a must read.

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Awesome Book!

ByPutnamon November 21, 2013

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She lays out her arguments and presentation very clearly. You can read this book and get a sense of how does an enlightened man, whether a Buddhist, Stoic or Christian, relate to reality.

I'm happy to have this book, because Graver covers Seneca's writings - especially good is the section on bestial behavior - and although I'll read Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius, I may not get to Seneca.

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If You're not a philosophy major...save your money

ByWishIhadTimeBackon January 16, 2013

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So I got this thinking it would be great to learn more about Stoicism as a philosophy...this book really doesn't do a great job of explaining the philosophy for non-academics. There were scant examples that related Stoic philosophy into something a lay person could understand. I really wish this were written clearer. But, if you think yourself a philosopher, maybe you would enjoy the depth of this book.

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