[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":46},["ShallowReactive",2],{"stoicism-article-10/08":3},{"path":4,"stem":5,"title":6,"description":7,"meta":8,"body":24},"/stoicism/10/08","stoicism/10/08","A Higher Pleasure","Meditation for October 8, 2021",{"quotes":9,"last_updated_at":15,"tags":16,"categories":20,"changeFreq":22,"backgroundImage":23},[10],{"quote":11},{"content":12,"author":13,"source":14},"Yes, getting your wish would have been so nice. But isn’t that exactly why pleasure trips us up? Instead, see if these things might be even nicer—a great soul, freedom, honesty, kindness, saintliness. For there is nothing so pleasing as wisdom itself, when you consider how surefooted and effortless the works of understanding and knowledge are.","Marcus Aurelius","Meditations, 5.9","2021-10-08T14:07:00",[17,18,19],"stoicism","virtue","kindness",[21,17],"meditation","never","/_KN22XDQTpGFyovq5qG2tQ.jpg",{"type":25,"value":26,"toc":42},"minimark",[27,36,39],[28,29,30,31,35],"p",{},"Pleasure initially provides instant gratification. The ",[32,33,34],"em",{},"rush"," of dopamine I receive from pleasure will often fade just\nas quickly as it appeared. The hubris felt after a roaring applause vanishes in short time.",[28,37,38],{},"Pleasures are amazing for the short time they are felt, but they will often lead me to make poor choices as I strive to\nrepeat. To complicate matters, the pleasure is hard to match time and time again and leave me wanting even more. A cycle\nthat is by all means dooming me.",[28,40,41],{},"What Marcus Aurelius says is true. \"Freedom, honesty, kindness, saintliness\" are far nicer as they are enduring. While\nthey may not provide me with the rush or gratification of some pleasures, they do provide a delight that may survive\nme even beyond my life.",{"title":43,"searchDepth":44,"depth":44,"links":45},"",2,[],1793716907044]