這一次，我們不再逃避煩惱：哲學家與心理師帶你開箱163道人生難題

by Julian Baggini, 朱立安．巴吉尼, Antonia Macaro

古希臘哲人說，哲學猶如「治癒靈魂的妙藥」，其療效在於，讓我們從錯誤的信念與價值觀中脫身，不再執著於自己根深蒂固的觀念。今日的認知行為治療，均是受到古希臘哲學家的啟發，所以特別強調思想對於情緒和感受的影響。

在英國大眾哲學家巴吉尼的努力推廣下，我們更懂得將哲學應用在日常生活中。近年來，他更加入了實務的角度，與資深的心理治療師麥卡洛一起撰寫文章，探討生活中的各種煩惱，讓哲學更具感性與療癒的氣氛。

本書跟其他哲普著作最大的不同之處，在於它並非以人名或學派來分章節，而是羅列出各式各樣的生活處境，包括人際關係、工作、信念、疾病、挫折……等，能讓讀者馬上切入當前最關心的人生議題。內容有思辯、有提問，有帶來餘韻的格言，也有哲人的生活點滴，例如：

悲觀：你預期這次參加路跑的成績會很差，但還是可以保持愉快的心情去運動。
休閒：維根斯坦熱愛好萊塢西部片，休謨熱衷於烹調。
及時行樂：不光是享受當下的歡愉，而是要多實踐自己的核心價值。
勇氣：去參加高空彈跳的人比勇於揭發惡行的人還多。
羨慕：不管你擁有多少東西，一旦知道別人享有更多，便會覺得自己微不足道。

除了這些內容，作者也在每篇後面列出了延伸閱讀，意猶未盡的讀者，可以進一步去探索。說到底，生活中大多的煩惱都是自找的，而且越不願面對，就越難有解決的一天。這本書是最佳的床頭書，在一天開始或結束時閱讀它，只要短短的一、兩篇章節，就有助於理清思緒，找出問題的前因後果，往前邁進，正如沙特所說：「沒有希望也要付諸行動。」

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Self Help, Audiobook

441 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2020

About the author

Julian Baggini is a British philosopher and the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is the author of The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments (2005) and is co-founder and editor of The Philosophers' Magazine. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1996 from University College London for a thesis on the philosophy of personal identity. In addition to his popular philosophy books, Baggini contributes to The Guardian, The Independent, The Observer, and the BBC. He has been a regular guest on BBC Radio 4's In Our Time.

Reviews

[Tariq Mahmood · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book provides very short introduction to most human life challenges along with reference reading for those who want to explore more on the subject. This makes reading complex topics very easy to digest.

[Any Length · Rating 3 out of 5]

Of all the books about philosophy - most of them I didn't enjoy, this one I did. And my idea about the general usefulness of philosophers extending to about 5 per earth is expanding to about 50 good ones. The rest are still just "well read taxi - or uber drivers with a sense of self-importance".

[Jeff Chay · Rating 1 out of 5]

A shallow, trifling collection of platitudes and truisms on how to live life, summarily dispensed with the odd philosophical name-drop here and there but sorely lacking in real substance or insight. Unless you are an alien who has crash landed onto Earth and urgently needs to absorb as much clichéd everyday wisdom as can be crammed into less than 400 pages, you probably won’t learn much from this book.

[Ciro Borriello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prontuario filosofico dedicato ai termini che usiamo nella più stretta attualità.
Benchè le note fossero in parte scarne (per alcune parole non si arriva nemmeno ad una pagina), questo prontuario porta a riflettere sulla vita in generale.

[Linda Irwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some interesting thoughts - I'd like to read again and make a few notes to reflect on what I learnt!

[Ex Libris Meis]

WAR

“Only a few generations ago, most people in the developed world had either fought in a war or knew someone who had.
Now war is something that many of us have never had to experience at all.”
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“As citizens, we have to ask ourselves: when should we support such military ventures and when should we do all we can to stop them?

Absolute pacifism provides a simple answer, but few are willing to say that a world without any killing at all is possible.
Even Ghandi, who promoted ahimsa (non-violence), accepted that pure pacifism was an ideal to be strived towards and not something that could ever be fully achieved:
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Most people see war as a regrettable necessity."

http://www.exlibrismeis.com/en/2022/0...

[David Nash · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is mind boggling. By the far best idiots guide / 101 / for beginners genre. This time about philiosophy. Whilst such books are too repetitive this is the opposite. Each chapter so unique succinct and to the point i found it too short. Really well researched and has opened many doors to explore. As typical for philosophy its full of (great) thought provoking questions as opposed to answers.

I’d almost say too many nuggets im drowning. Definitely will get a second more patient re read.

Essential reading!

[Donald Schopflocher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Organized as a dictionary, this pop philosophy introduction features short essays on philosophers’ contributions to the question ‘how should I live?’. Clearly introductory, but pointing to sources for further discussion, this may be most useful to those with at least a passing acquaintance to philosophy in search of further insights and sources.

[Emīls Ozoliņš · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like it could’ve been ordered a little better than alphabetically, but it still was worth the read.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

A life-changing read.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly flicked through this book. Perhaps it was more of a “this book didn’t come into my life at the right time” scenario, but I failed to find engagement with its reading.

[Adam · Rating 1 out of 5]

I listened to this whole book by accident.

[Tsalis · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is more like a life a report of general life experience on earth with scientific back up theories.

[Lia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I definitely loved this book. The concepts, quotes and thoughts of the most important philosophers in history are here so well explained and makes me love philosophy even more. What is also definitely worth reading is the opinion of the authors about each of the philosophical terms reflected here. I recommend it 100% 👍🏻