Description
Inner Balance
Book Summary
In a world that extols excess and immediate gratification, José Brague Tuñón proposes a provocative and counter-cultural thesis: true happiness is not found in boundless satisfaction, but in moderation. This book invites the reader to rediscover temperance as a liberating virtue, capable of reconciling us with ourselves. Through a lucid and accessible reflection, the author demonstrates that balance in food, drink, and sexual life is the key to authentic freedom and lasting happiness.
What is it about?
The book challenges the popular maxim that "everything good is either sinful or fattening," arguing that it is whim and excess that truly ruin, disappoint, and make us fat. Brague Tuñón maintains that the path to maximum pleasure compatible with freedom and happiness is balance, and that the name for this balance in the fundamental areas of life (eating, drinking, and sexuality) is temperance. Far from being a renunciation, moderation is presented as an intelligent strategy for a full life. The work stands as a revolutionary text by defending the opposite of mainstream thought, offering a practical and philosophical guide to cultivating inner balance.
Main themes
- Temperance as a key virtue for happiness and freedom.
- Balance in eating, drinking, and sexual life.
- A critique of unbridled hedonism and the culture of excess.
- The relationship between moderation and authentic, lasting pleasure.
- Christian practical life as a framework for the development of virtue.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at readers interested in ethics and moral philosophy, as well as those seeking a Christian perspective on practical life. It is especially recommended for people who feel that consumerism and the pursuit of immediate pleasure do not bring them real satisfaction and who wish to explore an alternative path based on moderation and self-mastery. It will also be of great interest to those who want to reflect on how to apply the virtue of temperance in their day-to-day lives to achieve a fuller and freer life.
What this book offers
- A counter-cultural and well-founded perspective that vindicates moderation as a source of pleasure and freedom, not renunciation.
- A practical guide to applying temperance in the daily spheres of food, drink, and sexuality.
- A deep reflection on the relationship between virtue and authentic human happiness.
- An approach that integrates moral philosophy with Christian practical life, offering a solid framework for personal growth.
Technical data
- Author: Brague Tuñón, José
- Publisher: Ediciones Rialp, S.A.
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: Ethics and moral philosophy, Christian life and practice
- Collection: Religion. Miscellaneous
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: April 2016
- Number of pages: 176
- Weight: 250 g
Editorial review
A brave and necessary work that invites reflection in an era dominated by excess. José Brague Tuñón offers a lucid and accessible analysis of temperance, presenting it not as a limitation, but as the most intelligent path to happiness. His approach, which combines moral philosophy with Christian practice, makes it an enriching read for anyone interested in self-knowledge and living with greater fullness and freedom.