Ataraxia

  The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, author of The Adventures of The Scarlet Pimpernel, my previous note on this book is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-scarlet-pimpernel-by-baroness-orczy.html   7 out of 10   The Scarlet Pimpernel is included on The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, in The War and Travel Section, but it did not impress me this much, there has actually been a brush with this and it is not overwhelming, albeit it is a story of valor, enterprise, determination, intelligence, kindness, self -sacrifice, resilience   Actually, having listed some of these character strengths I realize that there is more in here – Martin Seligman is the co-founder of Positive Psychology https://realini.blogspot.com/2013/11/flourish-by-martin-seligman-part-1.html and he has listed the character strengths that we see in the Scarlet Pimpernel There is wisdom, courage, humanity, transcendence, temperance, justice, with open minded, creative, curious, love o

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  Girlfriend in A Coma by Douglas Coupland author of Microserfs, my note on the latter is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2019/02/microserfs-by-douglas-coupland-nine-out.html together with a few thousand other reviews   7 out of 10   Girlfriend in a Coma is placed on the list of 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, though I do not see why, it is not on any of my lists, in the Science Fiction and Fantasy section, while Microserfs, by the same author is in the State of Nation chapter, on the same list, the latter was enjoyable for yours truly, alas, I entered a coma…   With the former, due in large part to the challenges evident from the start, the rhythm is good, only the words transport one to another world, just like some of the new ones, spread on TikTok, have changed their meaning – the word of the year (2024, people may get to this in 2342, if there is still a planet here) is…brat Only not brat as spoiled brat (the significance I knew) but something good, Kamala was good

  A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs author of The Stories that were the base for The Legend of Tarzan, my note on this is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-legend-of-tarzan-based-on-stories.html   7 out of 10   A Princess of Mars is included on the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read list, in the Science Fiction and Fantasy section, and though I did not enjoy it much it is essentially a good read, provided one gives it the attention it deserves, or indeed, any activity that could bring joy, something explained in the quintessential:   Flow https://realini.blogspot.com/2016/10/flow-by-mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-this-is.html the author, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, co-founder of Positive Psychology, looked at the conditions for reaching maximum happiness, and it is counterintuitive, people may think they get home, sit on the couch and bingo Nevertheless, one needs to be challenged, the rules would be ‘you are in control, nothing else matters, it is an autotelic exp

  The Einstein Intersection by Samuel Delany is placed on the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read list, which is a good one to use   8 out of 10     I was thinking about the 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read list and how good it is to use, because you find many good reads (using the site Goodreads hahaha) on it, though not The einstein Intersection, or not so much, and you can also benefit from the large number of suggestions, with which you can juggle, hit or miss   If we think of the alternatives, I have tried The Norwegian book club top 100, Modern Library, TIME 100, also Le Monde, which has many more French oeuvres on it, actually, chefs d’oeuvre on it, but it is easier to work with a wider selection https://realini.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-paradox-of-choice-by-barry-schartz.html The Paradox of Choice, a fundamental work in psychology, written by Barry Schwartz explains how multiple choices can be overwhelming, indeed, they are, I have trouble deciding what to take next,

  Moral Essays – De Providentia, De Constantia, De Ira, De Clementia by Seneca – one of the greatest thinkers of all time, author of On The Happy Life and other essays, my note on this is at https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/11/on-happy-life-providence-by-seneca-one.html with hundreds of other reviews   10 out of 10   Let us start with De Providentia, and say that the stoics insisted ‘it is not what happens, but what you make of what happens, be happy with what you are given, wish for what you already have’ and other rules along the same lines, critics will say it was easy for Seneca to be so serene, he was perhaps the richest man of ancient Rome   Indeed, with that, he was one of the wealthiest of all time, because we have to convert the coins he owned into our money, and besides, there is also the issue of what the others had, which is an exercise in futility, if we are to use the Stoic precepts, and we can also say he knew about having a fortune, he was not confab