all the schools have the same aim which was…

all the schools have the same aim which was to achieve a way of living known in the original Greek as you demonia often translated as happiness, joy or human flourishing. This meant living well in every sense: thriving, relishing life, and being a good person. They also agreed that the best path to eutamonia was anorexia which might be rendered as imperturbility or freedom from anxiety. Anorexia means equilibrium: The art of maintaining an even keel, so that you neither exalt when things go well nor plunge into despair when they go worry. To obtain it is to have control over your emotions, so that you are not battered and dragged about by them like a bone fought over by a pack of dogs.

— from The Heart in the Cockpit (Emotion/Awe/Anxiety/Regret/Empathy) · How to Live by Sarah Bakewell

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