The Psychology of Human Misjudgment by Charles T. Munger Selections from three of Charlie Munger’s talks‚ combined into one talk never made‚ after revisions by Charlie in 2005 that included considerable new material. The three talks were: (1) The Bray Lecture at the Caltech Faculty Club‚ February 2‚ 1992; (2) Talk under the Sponsorship of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies at the Harvard Faculty Club‚ October 6‚ 1994; and the extensive revision by Charlie in 2005‚ made from memory unassisted
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Connecting Walden While reading “Walden”‚ by Henry David Thoreau‚ you get a sense that he finds great comfort in nature; there was much symbolic‚ and spiritual meaning to be found in the wonders of the natural world‚ away from the strains of societal conformities‚ and consumerism. A main tenant of Transcendentalist writers was that independence‚ or self-reliance‚ was essential for man to attain their inherent greatness. For Thoreau‚ this independent‚ “Spartan-like” (Thoreau) lifestyle
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The narrator of The Great Gatsby was a character by the name of Nick Carraway. In the beginning of the novel‚ Carraway describes himself as being honest‚ as he tells himself “ I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” (Fitzgerald 65). He also keeps his opinions to himself‚ as he thinks “I’m inclined to reserve all judgments” (3)‚ which he had learned from his father. Though he is quiet and seemingly simple‚ Carraway’s goal before being involved with Gatsby was to break away from the
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had the same qualities as Satan does. He appeals to her self absorbed mindset. After changing her perspective of God and Adam he causes her to sin and make her second guess her life and how it might end up without Adam. This information causes her to envy the ‘new eve’ and tempt Adam. In Paradise Lost Eve portrays herself as a parallel to Satan by showing the same manipulative and deceptive traits as Satan does which cause Eve to participate in Satan’s plan to cause the fall of Eden. Eve’s first resemblance
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English 11 14 November 2013 Abigail’s Envy Throughout The Crucible there are good characters‚ bad characters and the characters who do not take action when action is required. Of these characters‚ close to all of them embodies one of the seven deadly sins. Of each of the seven‚ there is always one character that is the worst sinner of that particular vice. There are seven deadly sins but out of the seven there are two in particular that drives this play the most. In control of these sins is Abigail
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plays. Antonio and Cassius are characters who are hungry for power. Antonio is motivated by envy and drive for power. Prospero is the rightful duke of Milan‚ yet Antonio stole that title from his brother‚ Prospero. Stealing Prospero’s dukedom was not enough to satisfy Antonio’s ambition. Cassius also wants power and is willing to steal power from others. His envy of Caesar drives him to steal it. Cassius’s envy is shown here: "Why‚ man‚ he doth bestride the narrow world /Like a Colossus‚ and we petty
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in common; and that is they strive to be perfect everyday of their lives. However‚ all churchgoers are not perfect. People’s actions and the way we live our lives cause us not to be perfect even though we try. Things such as: gossiping‚ greed‚ and envy are three of many deadly sins that churchgoers commit every day that cause them not to be perfect. Gossiping is more than likely the most common sin that churchgoers commit. Webster defines
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characters both envy each other because they each want what the other has: Carla wants the gift of being smart and Bethany wants to be beautiful. These two characters are more different than similar; they both are discontent with their lives. Even though they both have something going for themselves they are still dissatisfied and discontent with life. Dissatisfaction can evoke jealousy feelings in a person because if others have what they want it makes mad; Carolyn Gard states jealousy and envy can set
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Envy often cause low self-esteem or low self confidence Greed-an excessive desire to possess wealth or goods Lust-Lust is desire that is stimulated by a superficial impression of the object of passion with a selfish consideration in mind. On this basis
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the world is fallen‚ man and woman alike have an innate sin nature that drives them to do the opposite of the Lord’s will. These sins include envy‚ pride/vainglory‚ sloth‚ greed‚ anger‚ gluttony and lust‚ all of which are shown quite vividly throughout Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Envy describes the feeling of wanting something that someone else has (DeYoung 43). Envy is not wanting something like someone else has‚ rather it is wanting exactly that specific thing they own‚ a want to take away something from
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