tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413467.post7538305130355072015..comments2024-01-25T12:40:38.681-06:00Comments on Essais: A Pagan Blog: Book Review: The Other Side of VirtueJenavirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07451234921507981134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413467.post-41435309672783471402008-11-12T15:04:00.000-06:002008-11-12T15:04:00.000-06:00Different strokes for different folks, I guess; I ...Different strokes for different folks, I guess; I was in the throes of clinical depression at the time I finished this book, and it was like a kick in the teeth because I'd been fighting it for a year, had seriously changed my lifestyle in the process, and still wasn't not depressed yet. Now that I'm in a much more stable frame of mind, I agree that the model of the world he offers is a great one, but it was emphatically not helpful for me at the time.<BR/><BR/>Another example of the strange idiosyncracies of the human mind...Jen Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16853480790121832119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5413467.post-73316135028601785402008-11-12T14:40:00.000-06:002008-11-12T14:40:00.000-06:00Personally I think it's the perfect book to read i...Personally I think it's the perfect book to read if you have depression: he doesn't say "just snap out of it", but rather he says you should do the hard work of pulling yourself out of it, by finding a reason to live, and a way to respond to the problems of the world with dignity and heart. <BR/><BR/>Actually the parts you point to, concerning that point about depression, suggest to me that the author probably has clinical depression himself. He probably wrote this book as part of his own healing process. Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com