Can We Control Our Emotions? #64

One Year, Six Ways #2

Welcome to the next post in our year-long philosophy experiment, where we will try out six different philosophies of life and see how they work out for us! I’ll send an email like this every Monday, Wednesday and Friday (7 am Pacific Time, if I got the time zones right) for the coming months. There’s a discussion forum here, and I’d love to have your feedback on the whole project and to hear how you’re doing and whether you find this useful and fun.

These first two months, we will try to live according to the advice of the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC). Last time, we talked about the virtues. Today, we want to ask whether we can actually control our emotions.