which offers a specific meaning to be recognised and fulfilled’. Meaning cannot be invented but must be discovered. ii) Stoicism It’s Stoic‚ because it holds that no matter what the state of the world‚ our attitude can always help us. The Stoic Epictetus held that ’Men are not moved by events but by their interpretations’. Even in facing death and suffering‚ by showing courage we can turn a situation into a supremely meaningful one. iii) Frankl’s own experiences‚ in concentration camps and as
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theory. Belief in extraterrestrial life dates back quite far‚ even back to ancient society. “Regarding the existence of other worlds‚ the ancients of both Greece and rome were deeply divided. Arguing affirmative were the Epicureans‚ so called after Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)‚ who developed certain ideas that had originated with Democritus and Leucippus two centuries earlier. Among the theories that we today consider most modern are...that life exists elsewhere in the universe...Modern though these ideas
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The concept of the human person is defined in numerous ways across different philosophers and when discussing the various approaches to this concept‚ the philosophers use different arguments that can end in the same basic point. Through the cases presented by the philosophers we are given many of the same ideas of the human goal of life‚ but the arguments that lead to this conclusion are very different. We were presented four philosophers specifically and though many things match up to make a good
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consequences. On the utilitarian view one ought to maximize the overall good — that is‚ consider the good of others as well as one’s own good. The Classical Utilitarians‚ Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill‚ identified the good with pleasure‚ so‚ like Epicurus‚ were hedonists about value. They also held that we ought to maximize the good‚ that is‚ bring about ‘the greatest amount of good for the greatest number’. Utilitarianism is also distinguished by impartiality and agent-neutrality. Everyone’s happiness
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The Little Book of Big Motivational Quotes By Sid Savara Available Free at http://sidsavara.com/quotes The Little Book Of Big Motivational Quotes – http://sidsavara.com/quotes Page 0 About Sid Savara Sid Savara discusses motivation‚ inspiration and personal development at http://sidsavara.com. Popular articles include: What Is Life? Favorite Inspirational Quotes About Life A Christmas Story - A Tale of Craig’s List and Two Frying Pans The Path‚ The Opportunity‚ Is Only
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exploitation they went through. It gave them the confidence to walk the streets with their head held high – it gave them a sense of dignity. Cool represented the resistance to authority through creativity and innovation; fighting for your right to party! Epictetus the Stoic suggested a difference between those things that depended on us and those things that do not depend on us. He advocated developing an attitude of regarding the things we couldn’t influence as unimportant. We depend on our impulses‚ passions
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Over the past hundred years several psychotherapy methods have been developed and many striking approaches have been emerged. Four of these are the leading of special interest: Humanistic approach‚ Psychodynamic approach‚ Behavioral approach‚ and Cognitive approach (Short & Thomas‚ 2014)‚ of these four approaches more than a few others emerge. In the current paper an overview will be provided on the main theoretical framework of Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). This essay will
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ETHICS Greek ; ethos – custom‚ character Ethikos- moral‚ showing moral character‚ moral judgment The science of the MORALITY OF HUMAN ACTS Morality is the goodness or badness of an act Moral(good)‚ immoral(bad) and amoral ( indifferent or neutral‚ neither good nor bad) HUMAN ACT-----------------------------------------------------------------ACT OF MAN - Action done with knowledge and consent -no knowledge and consent - Action of man as man and as rational -involuntary 3 ELEMENTS OF HUMAN ACT:
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Greek Literature GREEK LITERATURE. The great British philosopher-mathematician Alfred North Whitehead once commented that all philosophy is but a footnote to Plato . A similar point can be made regarding Greek literature as a whole. Over a period of more than ten centuries‚ the ancient Greeks created a literature of such brilliance that it has rarely been equaled and never surpassed. In poetry‚ tragedy‚ comedy‚ and history‚ Greek writers created masterpieces that have inspired‚ influenced
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Dante’s Inferno Circles of Hell and Punishments Circle 1: Limbo Dante’s First Circle of Hell is resided by virtuous non-Christians and unbaptized pagans who are punished with eternity in an inferior form of Heaven. They live in a castle with seven gates which symbolize the seven virtues. Here‚ Dante sees many prominent people from classical antiquity such as Homer‚ Socrates‚ Aristotle‚ Cicero‚ Hippocrates and Julius Caesar. Circle 2: Lust In the Second Circle of Hell‚ Dante and his companion
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