By Elliot D. Cohen
Throughout the ages, great thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus,
Aquinas,Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Nietzsche, and many others have had
incredibly useful things to say about overcoming the strife of everyday
living and attaining happiness. Unfortunately contemporary approaches to
psychology have made only limited use of this guidance. At last, here is
an uplifting psychology that systematically applies the wisdom of the
ages to attaining life pregnant with insight, meaning, value, and
purpose. Guided by the vision of great minds, this book shows you how
you can still feel secure and hopeful in a precarious, uncertain
universe; face evil with life-affirming courage; build self-esteem,
respect for others, and global reverence; become your own person; take
control of you're emotions and behavior; strengthen your willpower;
confront moral problems creatively; build rapport and solidarity with
others; and hone your practical decision-making skills. Unlike classical
approaches to rational psychology that only scratch the surface of
what's deeply wrong in your life, The New Rational Therapy gets
to the core and offers you penetrating, philosophical antidotes for
transcending your malaise, and for attaining an enduring, profound
happiness.
What Would Aristotle Do?
Self-Control through
the Power of Reason
By Elliot D. Cohen
Do you get
upset easily, even about small things, or have trouble getting along
with others? Do you feel down most of the time? Are you plagued by
loneliness, grief, guilt, or a gnawing feeling of life's futility? Does
fear, anxiety, or worry often overwhelm you? In this uplifting,
user-friendly guide, philosopher Elliot D. Cohen offers an uncommonly
commonsense approach to these and many other problems of living. Cohen,
one of the principal founders of "philosophical counseling" in the
United States, reveals how you can attain genuine insight into the
common confusions of everyday life by harnessing your own native powers
of reason.
"Elliot Cohen.
. . tells in simple, sensible, and practical language what you can do to
use rational philosophy to help yourself. Well worth reading!" - Albert
Ellis, Ph.D., President, Albert Ellis Institute
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