Principal Doctrines

Principal Doctrines
Author: Epicurus
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2016-01-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1329869958

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Epicurus posited a materialistic physics, in which pleasure, by which he meant freedom from pain, is the highest good. Serenity, the harmony of mind and body, is best achieved, through virtue and simple living. In addition to the Principal Doctrines, included here is the essay Epicureanism by William De Witt Hyde and an Epicurus biography by Charles Bradlaugh.

Three Faces of Desire

Three Faces of Desire
Author: Timothy Schroeder
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2004-08-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 019517237X

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Desires lead to actions, influence feelings, and determine what counts as a reward. Recent empirical evidence shows that these three aspects of desire stem from a common biological origin. The author reveals this common foundation and builds a striking new philosophical theory of desire that puts desire's neglected face-reward-at its core.

Aristotle on Desire

Aristotle on Desire
Author: Giles Pearson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139561014

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Desire is a central concept in Aristotle's ethical and psychological works, but he does not provide us with a systematic treatment of the notion itself. This book reconstructs the account of desire latent in his various scattered remarks on the subject and analyses its role in his moral psychology. Topics include: the range of states that Aristotle counts as desires (orexeis); objects of desire (orekta) and the relation between desires and envisaging prospects; desire and the good; Aristotle's three species of desire: epithumia (pleasure-based desire), thumos (retaliatory desire) and boulêsis (good-based desire - in a narrower notion of 'good' than that which connects desire more generally to the good); Aristotle's division of desires into rational and non-rational; Aristotle and some current views on desire; and the role of desire in Aristotle's moral psychology. The book will be of relevance to anyone interested in Aristotle's ethics or psychology.

The Brute Within

The Brute Within
Author: Hendrik Lorenz
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2006-04-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0191537403

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Hendrik Lorenz presents a comprehensive study of Plato's and Aristotle's conceptions of non-rational desire. They see this as something that humans share with animals, and which aims primarily at the pleasures of food, drink, and sex. Lorenz explores the cognitive resources that both philosophers make available for the explanation of such desires, and what they take rationality to add to the motivational structure of human beings. In doing so, he exposes a remarkable degree of continuity between Plato's and Aristotle's thought in this area. He also sheds fresh light, not only on both philosophers' theories of motivation, but also on how they conceive of the mind, both in itself and in relation to the body.

The Four Desires

The Four Desires
Author: Rod Stryker
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2011
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0553803980

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Shares inspirational anecdotes to encourage readers to pursue happiness, outlining step-by-step meditations and practical exercises for identifying innermost desires and achieving fulfillment.

Scandalous Desires

Scandalous Desires
Author: Elizabeth Hoyt
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2011-10-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 160941912X

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CAN A PIRATE LEARN . . . River pirate "Charming" Mickey O'Connor has lifted himself from the depths of the slums to be the king of St. Giles. Anything he wants he gets-with one exception. Silence Hollingbrook has been haunting his dreams ever since she spent a single night in his bed. THAT THE ONLY TRUE TREASURE . . . Once Silence was willing to sacrifice anything to save the man she loved. Now a widow, she's finally found peace when Charming Mickey comes storming back into her life with an offer she can't refuse. But this time she won't be the only one paying the price for his sins. LIES IN A WOMAN'S HEART? When his past comes back to torment him, Mickey must keep Silence safe from a merciless enemy, while wrestling with the delicious hold this widow has on his heart. And in the face of mounting danger, both will have to surrender to something even more terrifying . . . true love.

Desire

Desire
Author: Cindy Jacks
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2015-05-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 161650644X

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Baby, did you fall from Heaven? Being the deity of intoxication and ecstasy might just be the best job in the Cosmos. It certainly feels that way to Bacchus after he gets booted out of it. Mortal life is nothing but a complicated, emotional, pain-riddled struggle. If he can’t reclaim his divinity, he’ll settle for drowning his mortality in the pleasures of wine and women—especially women. Until he meets Ariana, that is. She’s just as beautiful as the other lovelies Bacchus plays with, but her beauty comes right from her soul, and it’s muffled by profound sadness. Bacchus burns with the need to heal it, and help her—and that might be exactly the trick to getting himself lifted back into the Pantheon. Too bad he knows a lot more about pleasure than love... 65,000 Words

Web of Desire

Web of Desire
Author: Aleatha Romig
Publisher: Romig Works LLC
Total Pages: 958
Release: 2022-08-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1956414428

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"A sigh-worthy and phenomenal series! Web of Desire Books 4 - 7 has been everything you expect in an Aleatha Romig book. Suspense, intrigue, murder, and romance are just part of this incredible series. The intense emotions between Patrick and Madeline just flows from the pages, and the hot factor!" ~ ***** Goodreads review by April “From a little spark may burst a flame.” ~ Dante Alighieri WEB OF DESIRE Books 7 – 9 is a blazing collection containing the complete Web of Desire trilogy: SPARK, FLAME, and ASHES. Be prepared to dive deeper into the Chicago underground where secrets continue to unfold, sending shockwaves through the city and the glass tower. Patrick is always present, a constant force behind the Sparrow world. That world is caught ablaze when his past comes back with a secret that will change Patrick and the world he knows forever. Madeline’s life has never been her own. Coming face-to-face with the man she presumed dead will have extreme consequences, not only to the Chicago underworld, but to the Detroit Bratva where she has called home. Have you been Aleatha'd? From New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig comes a dangerous second-chance romance set in the dangerous underground of Chicago. You won’t want to miss Patrick and Madeline’s story another addition to the WEB SERIES.

A Text-book in Psychology

A Text-book in Psychology
Author: Johann Friedrich Herbart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1891
Genre: Consciousness
ISBN:

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In Praise of Desire

In Praise of Desire
Author: Nomy Arpaly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199348162

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Joining the ancient debate over the roles of reason and appetite in the moral mind, In Praise of Desire takes the side of appetite. The book makes the claim that acting for moral reasons, acting in a praiseworthy manner, and acting out of virtue amount to nothing more than acting out of intrinsic desires for the right or the good, correctly conceived. In Praise of Desire shows that a desire-centered moral psychology can be richer than philosophers commonly think, accommodating the full complexity of moral life.