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#18B DISPASSIONATE this web page is no longer maintained click here for newer version 4.0 I am often stoically indifferent to pleasure or pain, and often unmoved by joy or grief. I typically make decisions after careful deliberation, free from passion, unaffected by emotions, and when necessary am able to resist instant gratification and wait. (Note: The differences between dispassionate and passionately impulsive people can be traced to differences in brain biochemistry.) Alternate Concise Characterization with Wikipedia Entries: values thinking/reflecting before acting ==> introspection characterized by emotional detachment values deferred gratification values stoicism (indifferent to pain, pleasure==>inner calm) summary Wikipedia article: none Numerical Characterization with TFJD code: 3111 Numerical Characterization with Emotional Volatility VI index: 1 |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Themes #18B: Dispassionate |
| Dispassionate (from online dictionary) |
| Emotional Intelligence (from online encyclopedia) |
| Executive functions (hypothesized brain mechanisms behind more deliberate responses; from online encyclopedia) |
| Mindfulness (from online encyclopedia) |
| Rationality (from online encyclopedia) |
| Prudence (from online encyclopedia) |
| Neuroeconomics (from online encyclopedia) |
| Stoicism--A Lurking Presence (connects stoicism with the development of psychotherapy, counseling, personal development) |
| The Stoics on why we should strive to be free of the passions |
| Live Unnoticed by Greet Roskam (more on this 2007 book about an epicurean maxim) |
| Stoic Warriors, by Nancy Sherman (review of 2005 book about the history of stoicism in the military) |
| Stoic Serenity: A Practical Course on Finding Inner Peace, by Keith Seddon (read excerpts at Google Books) |
| Don't Worry, Be Stoic--Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times, by Peter J. Vernezze (read excerpts at Google Books) |
| The Stoic Foundation |
| Popular Stoicism Books (extensive annotated list from GoodReads website) |
| A Man in Full, by Tom Wolfe (stoicism has major role in this 1998 novel; from online encyclopedia) |
| Decision Making (from online encyclopedia) |
| Emotions in Decision-Making (from online encyclopedia) |
| Paterson (review of 2016 movie with a stoic main character) |
| "Life
Lessons from Ancient Greece" by Rowland Manthorpe (article about
today’s stoicism from The Economist Unwinds 1843 Magazine April
2016) |
| "How to Be a Stoic" by Massimo Pigliucci (opinion piece NY Times Feb 2 2015) |
| "Teens Keep Cool to Win Reward" by Laura Sanders (research report from October 13 2012 Science News) |
| Predictably Irrational, by Dan Ariely (2008 book about how emotions, social norms, etc affect decisionmaking) |
| The Mind of the Market, by Michael Shermer (more on this 2007 book about emotions in decision-making |
| Emotional Reason: Deliberation, Motivation, and the Nature of Value, by Bennett W. Helm (on Google Books) |
| The Battle Between Your Emotional and Rational Mind, by Dr. John Schinnerer (nine page article) |
| Our Brains and Decision-making: Emotional or Rational, by Patti Krakoff |
| How the Brain Controls Emotions (2006 neuroscience news report) |
| Understanding the Brain and Emotions (website produced by psychology grad student Dawn Neumann) |
| Emotions, Decisions, and the Limits of Rationality, by Peter A. Ubel (article from Medical Decision Making J.) |
| The Serenity Prayer |
| The Power of Mindfulness (a Buddhist perspective) |
| A Simple Guide to Life (a Buddhist perspective -- see chapter 7: "Controlling the Emotions") |
| Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation (book & book review) |
| quotes related to apathy |
| quotes related to dispassionate |
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