[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":48},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-04/24":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":23},"/stoicism/04/24","stoicism/04/24","A Productive Use For Contempt","Meditation for April 24, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":19,"changeFreq":21,"backgroundImage":22},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Just as when meat or other foods are set before us we think, this is a dead fish, a dead bird or pig; and also, this fine wine is only the juice of a bunch of grapes, this purple-edged robe just sheep’s wool dyed in a bit of blood from a shellfish; or of sex, that it is only rubbing private parts together followed by a spasmic discharge—in the same way our impressions grab actual events and permeate them, so we see them as they really are.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 6.13","2021-04-24T12:00:00",[17,18],"stoicism","unbiased thought",[20,17],"meditation","never","/IMG_9744.jpg",{"type":24,"value":25,"toc":42},"minimark",[26,34,39],[27,28,29,30,33],"p",{},"Marcus takes time to dismantle things that tend to provide pleasure, into their most animalistic and repugnant parts.",[31,32],"br",{},"\nThese callous descriptions can be meaningful for someone struggling with overindulgence of these activities.",[35,36,38],"h3",{"id":37},"conclusion","Conclusion",[27,40,41],{},"A useful approach to take what little pleasure out of something that we are abusing. A power to look at our activities\nwith objectivity and sobriety.",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":45},"",2,[46],{"id":37,"depth":47,"text":38},3,1793716904810]