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    Wisdom as Virtue in Positive Psychology Tom Cheston March 03‚ 2009 Positive psychology is an expression that started with Abraham Harold Maslow (April 1‚ 1908 – June 8‚ 1970) was an American scientist who studied the mental functions and behavior associated with the human mind. Maslow is mainly noted for his ideas and thoughts regarding a "hierarchy of human needs"[1] and is considered the father of “humanistic psychology” (behaviorism‚ psychoanalysis and humanism). In 1998‚ Martin Seligman

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    sense of belonging can be created from having connections with people and places within a personal‚ cultural‚ historical and social context. The choice of where to belong and who to belong with changes people’s sense of belonging as time passes. The Poetry of Peter Skrzynecki’s ’Immigrant Chronicle’ and Carson McCullers’s novel ‚ "The member of the wedding" demonstrates how a sense of belonging comes from having connections with people and places. " The member of the wedding" discuss the idea

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    Gone With Common Wisdom‚ In With Inebriated Falsity In the Shakespearean tragedy Othello‚ the eventual downfall of the main protagonist is from his lack of wisdom and flawed knowledge. However‚ although being vitally important to the play‚ these two factors were not driving reason towards his eventual death; they were just catalysts to a separate set of components perpetuated by the antagonist. Through other characters who seem just as easily manipulated due to their ignorance (up until the very

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    tive Here’s how I’ve personally gotten active. While in high school I quickly realized what procrastination is and what causes it. For a student such as myself‚ I have come to notice when one has a large amount of time to complete something they tend to wait till the last minute. I personally have taken the "get active" way of school. I began to join clubs and community activities to take up some of my time. By this I was left with less time to get my assignments complete‚ with that in mind I began

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    was very important because it led to the freeing of slaves. During this time many new changes occurred. Reconstruction meant that things were being built and things like agriculture started to take over industries around the south. After the confederates lost the civil war most them had to rejoin the union and things got more complicated from there. But as time progressed a lot of things took place. Now that the war was over the reconstruction period had many effects on the people‚ the economy and

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    two short stories that are being discussed. “Good Country People” & “A Good Man Is Hard to Hard To Find”‚ is so twisted in a sense of false security. In which you believe there is some detail of good karma. These stories was created by a short story author named‚ Flannery O’ Connor. Author that was able to use different characters to display some faction of innocence in the world‚ as well as some evil in an underlying tone. From the Grandmother in “ A Good Man Is Hard To Find”‚ to a woman‚ who named

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    In society people learn about history through other people perspectives because we are only told about history through one person’s viewpoints and beliefs. It is hard to learn the full truth of history because most books we read about history is very one sided. Many events that happened in the past are told by one side‚ you don’t get all perspectives of the time. In school you learn what the government feels like telling you and then hide the other information or perspectives. For example‚ in high

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    but still he ended up using practical wisdom. No matter the area of life there is always an opportunity to do the right thing‚ in the right way‚ that is moral wisdom. The universe has demonstrated through the first created human beings Adam and Eve‚ that moral wisdom is one of the first key virtues in the very beginning. It was shown through them consequences of not using practical wisdom for right reason and in the right way. Through their lack of wisdom and not being virtuous‚ the whole human

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    Wisdom Athena: goddess of Wisdom‚ and Battle Strategy. Athena is famous for her piercing‚ stormy grey eyes. Athena was a part of the Great gods of Mount. Olympus. She had her own throne along eleven different other gods. Out of all all Zeus’s Sons and Daughters‚ Athena is favored the most. “she was Zeus’ favorite child and was allowed to use his weapons including his thunderbolt” (Athena). Athena‚ although not one of the original Olympians‚ had a major role in Greek mythology and was highly respected

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    and they don’t come back to think about Thought A‚ instead they keep moving forward. (BS-1) How people come to move so fast‚ and it damages what they value. (BS-2)When someone goes too fast‚ they don’t stop to think about what they just said. (BS-3) When a person slows down‚ they evolve more‚ and they gain back their humanity. (TS) When people’s thoughts move too quickly‚ they don’t think back to what they just said or did‚ unlike when people move slowly. (MIP-1) How people come to move so fast

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