Suffering has its rewards. Pain can distract us from our anxieties and help us transcend the self. Feelings of fear and sadness are part of the pleasure of immersing ourselves in play and fantasy, and can provide certain moral satisfactions. And effort and difficulty can, in the right contexts, lead to the joys of mastery and flow. Most of all, a good life involves more than pleasure. People seek meaning and significance, and this requires some amount of struggle and loss. Brilliantly argued, witty, and humane, The Sweet Spot shows us how a life without chosen suffering would be empty-and, worse than that, boring. Book jacket.
- ISBN:
- 9780062910578
- 9780062910578
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Category:
- Social
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
-
06-12-2022
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 203.2x134.87mm
- Weight:
- 0.22kg
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