Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1989‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 6‚1069-1081 Copyright 1989 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 0022-3514/89/SOO. 75 Happiness Is Everything‚ or Is It? Explorations on the Meaning of Psychological Well-Being Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin—Madison Reigning measures of psychological well-being have little theoretical grounding‚ despite an extensive literature on the contours of positive functioning. Aspects of well-being derived from this
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The Lost City of Atlantis By:Braydin welch “The world is full of unsolved mysteries the ocean is one of the biggest mysteries‚ from walls found to big plane areas of architecture it all leads to the myth of Atlantis.” (A).Atlantis was once a wondrous city‚ but archaeologists and deep sea divers have not yet found it. Many scholars‚archaeologists‚ and deep sea divers work to find the answers behind the mysteries every day. The only record of Atlantis is in Plato’s writing‚ but there is no specific
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organization is defined as a social unit of people‚ systematically structured and managed to meet a need or to pursue collective goals on a continuing basis. The word organization derives from the Greek work organon which is a derivative of the word ergon which translates to mean organ which is a compartment for a specific job. There are a number of different types of organizations within the social structure of this great country that we live in that allows our society to function and fulfill their
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to society. Historically the Ancient Greeks‚ a civilization from which western culture draws heavily‚ placed significant value on the care of the soul. For the Ancient Greeks care of the soul was maintained through the constant struggle to develop arête or personal excellence. The Greeks believed that the exemplary citizen was one who continually sought one’s highest degree of excellence in all matters including interactions with others. Foucault noting Socrates writes that‚ “for by teaching citizens
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seriously and with respect by the poet‚ as if there were no difference between his attitude toward them and his feelings toward the chieftains for whom his epic was composed. Among the memorable women in the poem are Nausicaa‚ the innocent young maiden; Arete‚ the wise and benevolent queen and mother; Circe and Calypso‚ the sultry and mysterious temptresses; Penelope‚ the ideal of marital devotion and fidelity; Helen‚ the respectable middle-class matron
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Athletes in modern sport are required to push their bodies past their normal abilities in order to achieve the one goal that all athletes long for: to win. In the past winning did not come at such a high cost as it does in modern sports; in his article “Aretism” And Pharmacological Ergogenic Aids in Sport‚ M. Andrew Holochak states that “we take a greater interest in sport today than perhaps we‚ as fans‚ have ever taken before” (2000‚ p.361)‚ this means that athletes are under more pressure to win
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The concept of guest hospitality is extremely important in ancient Greece. Hospitality‚ or Xenia‚ is so essential in Greek society that Zeus‚ in addition to being the king of the Gods‚ is also the God of travelers (Wikipedia). This created an obligation for the host to be hospitable to their guests‚ and conversely‚ the guests had their own responsibilities as well. If either the host or the guest was to break any rule set by Xenia‚ there would be severe penalties dealt by Zeus and also by society
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Carthage to find the city of Rome in Italy. She was devastated and felt betrayed because she broke her resolution not to marry another man after the death of her husband‚ Sycheaus. She tricked her sister to prepare a pyre where she burnt herself. Arete was the wife of Alcinous in the Odyssey. She was honored by her husband and her community. She was the only woman who seemed not to be subjected to her husband in the odyssey like other women. When Odysseus met her daughter Nausicaä‚ she advised Odysseus
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Ryan McKeown Professor Coufal ENGL 1302 20 November 2010 Tragic Fate of Oedipus the King The play Oedipus the King‚ translated by Robert Fagles‚ is a story of drama and tragedy. Oedipus’ pride and morals cause him to take fate into his own hands and it ends up blowing up in his face. He was abandoned as a baby and was raised by the king and queen of Corinth. When he reached manhood‚ he was informed by an oracle that he would one day kill his father and marry his mother. He left Corinth forever
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Aristotle’s account of happiness agrees with people who say that happiness is virtue‚ or arête. “Virtue‚ then‚ is a state of character concerned with choice‚ lying in a mean‚ i.e.‚ the mean relative to us‚ this being determined by a rational principle‚ and by that principle by which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. Now it is a
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