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    explaining that when we feel pity in those cases we are being irrational. An example of this is‚ a mother who feels sadness by the possibility of her children dying after an accident. There is a real possibility that her children could be dead however they are not. She might be irrational in reacting as though her children are already dead‚ by crying over the possibility but her emotions are still real. Although‚ our emotional reaction is irrational‚ it is still occurring because we become caught up in the

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    thing) would logically get a bad result (It’s a rule of the world.)) After I researched about my personality type‚ I became to know that when an INTP having love ‚ an INTP would become irrational and ignore the logics. And that might explained why I was very irrational back then. And It also applies to my irrational thought of writing this message. I thought a lot and the results of this message could only be either "Those eyes were true — I got nothing to lose" or "Those eyes were lie — you will

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    which provides necessities such as authorities‚ order‚ and most importantly rules. Without these benefits‚ man will begin to fear the forces that are outside of their control‚ the unknown‚ eventually resorting to irrational thinking and paranoia. It is this demonstration of irrational thinking in the boys that exposes what Golding claims to be the true beast‚ an absolute evil force that is rotten and corrupt to the core. As the boys’ belief in the beast is slowly solidified‚ this absolute evil inside

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    In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare shows their love as strong and forceful. But through irrational and sudden decisions by the two lovers‚ the relationship reaches a new height only to fall due to their youth and misguided advice. Juliet is right when she says their love is “too rash‚ too unadvised‚ too sudden” accurately characterizing as well as foreshadowing their tragic love. Romeo and Juliet’s love is strong and forceful as depicted by Shakespeare. For example when her father demands

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    because he has no morals and his physical sensations always come before that of his emotional or moral. It is ironic that Meursault would do such a thing when he is trying to make rational decisions in an irrational universe and his act of killing the Arab is irrational in itself. It is irrational because the only explanation he has for doing this is‚ “it was because of the sun”

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    thus adaptive. However‚ maladaptive schema tend to be irrational (unscientific‚ illogical)‚ to be based on incomplete or incompletely understood information‚ to be rigidly adhered to across situations‚ and to be resistant to change despite conflicting information or experience. Basic beliefs or schema are revealed by consistent patterns of cognition‚ behavior‚ and emotional response across situations. Long-standing maladaptive/irrational beliefs are evident in automatic thoughts/intermediary

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    by a mistaken belief in the existence of a ‘higher’ or ‘ideal’ self? In this essay I will argue positive freedom is valuable. This is based on the belief that it is valuable‚ by which I mean something worth having‚ to be able to control ones irrational desires in order to achieve rational goals. An end I will argue is only achievable through adopting the notion of the ‘higher-self’. Given I will be arguing the existence of the higher-self is a logical entailment of achieving positive freedom‚

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    critical method‚ which the artist described as a ’Spontaneous method of irrational knowledge‚ based on the critical-interpretative association of the phenomena of delirium’ (The Conquest of the Irrational‚ published in The Secret Life of Salvador Dalí‚ New York 1942). Robert Descharnes noted that this painting meant a great deal to Dalí‚ as it was the first Surrealist work to offer a consistent interpretation of an irrational subject. The artist said to Descharnes of this picture: A painting shown

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    rating for themselves as a person‚ which REBT calls illegitimate. REBT strongly uses humor to combat the irrational beliefs that clients take too seriously‚ but CBT sparingly makes use of this method. REBT goes deeper into disputing irrational thoughts than CBT by focusing on musts that cause the irrational beliefs. While REBT and CBT use many of the same cognitive methods‚ REBT also disputes irrational beliefs by having the therapist vigorously debate that client on their irrationality and teaching the

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    Also even if he does show feelings‚ Claudius will now know Hamlet is on to him. This is the exact opposite of a good plan. Claudius‚ the king‚ has so much power and if Hamlet goes through with this plan he will be in a lot of danger. This is a huge irrational decision that could be avoided very easily. It is

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