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    The life and theories of Psychologist George Kelly PSY 330/ Theories of Personality/ Ashford University December 6‚ 2010 The American psychologist George Kelly was born in 1905 and raised on a farm in small town located in the state of Kansas. His family moved out west and was one of amongst the last homesteaders located within the west. For four years his family struggled to raise and grow crops and livestock. Due to having limited water the family was unable to stay in Colorado‚

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    Epicurus (341 - 270BC) Founder of the philosophical view of Hedonism (termed the ethic of the pigsty)‚ Hedonistic philosophy taught that pleasure was the highest good of man. The pursuit of pleasure was man’s chief goal. Pleasure was good and pain was evil. Epicurus rejected Aristotle’s golden mean of doing nothing to excess. He said that religion is the chief curse of the human race. He was not really saying that he did not believe in the gods‚ but he said that the gods had no interest

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    Part A: How do regional religious beliefs influence your country’s art and architecture? Please support your ideas with examples. Japanese art and architecture have been profoundly influenced by regional religious beliefs‚ particularly Shintoism and Buddhism. Shintoism‚ the indigenous religion of Japan‚ emphasizes the worship of kami‚ spirits associated with natural elements and ancestors. This belief system has led to the construction of Shinto shrines‚ characterized by their simple‚ unadorned wooden

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    “Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly” ~Epictetus Fashion is as essential as personality. It is for everyone willing to dress in a way that reflects their essence; their own style. No matter what‚ always trying to feel comfortable and satisfied with the clothes they wear that will show who they truly are. Finding individuality is really about getting to know yourself. It is about being connected with the very essence of who you are and‚ most important‚ be confident about

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    but the search for truth. Philosophical questions are more essential than its awareness‚ and every answer becomes a new question. When we go through this book he speaks about different philosophers who live in ancient and modern world. The Stoic Epictetus said‚ “Philosophy arises when we become aware of our own weakness and helplessness”2 and he again speaks about famous proposition of Descartes‚ “I think‚ therefore I am”.3 Philosophy is starting with asking questions like what is. To this there

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    Ricardo C. Juliano February 21‚ 2008 NSA 205 - RC 43 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Books Friedman‚ Thomas L. The World is Flat - The Globalized World in the Twenty-First Century. London‚ England. Penguin Books‚ 2006. Thomas L. Friedman is a New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the The Lexus and the Olive Tree. Friedman explains how the flattening of the world happened at the dawn of the twenty-first century‚ what it means to countries‚ companies‚ communities

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    person you ask. Some would say it is holding open the door for others and just being respectful toward everyone; for others‚ it would be how men treat females. Chivalry is not dead; it has just simply evolved‚ and its rarity makes it more noticeable. Epictetus once said‚ “We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” There are so many people today who think disrespecting others is right. The lack of respect in this generation is insane. Parents are letting their kids

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    Albert Ellis‚ the founder of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT); a form of CBT; credited Epictetus (a major philosopher of Stoicism) for his psychotherapy model. The dictionary definition of stoicism gives a fairly primal but not totally accurate idea of what the philosophy actually is‚ defining it as‚ “the endurance of pain or hardship without

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    it so‚ and it is within ones own ability only to change this opinion. And as one is often incapable of changing the so-called undesirable situation itself‚ altering your perception of it becomes all the more necessary to reach ultimate happiness. Epictetus‚ an influential Stoic philosopher who died some decades before Marcuss birth‚ described the philosophy thus Man is disturbed not by things‚ but by the views he takes of them .

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    The ancient Greek stoic philosopher Epictetus said over 1‚800 years ago ‘Men are disturbed‚ not by things‚ but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.’ Yet the ramifications and elaborations of this simple idea have led to the development of a powerful approach to helping

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