Today’s Hardcore Literature episode is about Aristotle’s ethics and the virtues of ambition and good temper.
We’re talking about honour, how to cultivate the right ambition, snowflake syndrome, the four common types of anger, how to challenge your unconscious underlying beliefs about the world, and much more. And I’m giving away three copies of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics. Information on how to get hold of a copy at the beginning of the episode and further below.
Aristotle’s Virtues: Ambition and Good Temper
I want to give you a copy of Aristotle’s Ethics:
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- If you’re a lucky one chosen at random (three copies up for grabs), I’ll send you the book with a personal note of thanks.
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Timestamps:
- 0:38 – Thank you, a giveaway, and a request
- 2:14 – Aristotle on ambition
- 3:18 – you already have the virtue of right ambition within you
- 3:59 – on honour
- 5:00 – the Nobel Prize
- 6:30 – most people don’t think they’re destined for greatness
- 7:30 – snowflake syndrome
- 8:50 – bottle service at the club and going into debt for a Mercedes
- 10:10 – Elon Musk crying
- 11:11 – practical steps for attaining the honours you desire
- 12:49 – virtue assignment
- 14:55 – when I stopped being a writer
- 15:45 – habitually playing video games is a bad habit
- 16:25 – Aristotle on good temper
- 18:22 – it’s common to be angry
- 19:12 – Aristotle on anger
- 20:15 – when anger is the correct response
- 21:40 – “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.”
- 22:27 – Ned Flanders from The Simpsons
- 23:00 – the four different ways people express their anger
- 28:40 – two mantras to keep in mind
- 29:54 – how to challenge your underlying unconscious beliefs