人生最大的焦虑之一就是:无论我们如何努力,在人生的终点我们都有可能发现自己虚耗了生命。而在本书中,威廉·欧文教授运用斯多葛主义深邃的心理探索与有效的实践技巧,为我们描绘新生命的路线图。斯多葛主义者认为,保持我们安宁的一种方法,就是对发生在我们身上的事情采取一种宿命论的态度。根据塞涅卡的说法,我们应该把自己供奉给命运,因为“知道自己同宇宙一起漂流沉浮,对我们就应该是一个巨大的安慰”。根据爱比克泰德的说法,我们应该在心里牢牢地记住,我们只是另外某人——更准确地 One of the greatest anxieties in life is that no matter how hard we try, we all may find ourselves at the end of our lives wasting our lives. In this book, Professor William Owen uses Stourogism’s profound psychological exploration and effective practical skills to portray us a new roadmap for new life. The Stoicists believe that one way of keeping us peaceful is to adopt a fatalistic attitude toward what happens to us. According to Seneca, we should dedicate ourselves to fate, because “knowing that we are drifting with the universe should be a great relief to us.” According to Epictetus, we should firmly remember in our hearts that we are just someone else - more accurately