Self esteem has been much emphasized in the US school systems in recent years, and that is now regarded by many educators as a mistake. This article discusses...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 1, 2007 11:56 am
Jan, I know of a number of different multipart concepts of the soul. I am not sure which you have in mind. The ones I am more familiar with consider the soul a...
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Amos
vivepablo
Apr 1, 2007 2:24 pm
Malcolm: I agree that the Forum is not the place to discuss political issues. However, for the record, I did not say that Olmert had a sociopathic...
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Steve
marquis95960
Apr 1, 2007 3:33 pm
Here is a quote worth repeating from the Wikipedia article Malcolm provided a link to (attribiuted to Ruggiero): ______________ The concept of self-improvement...
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Steve
marquis95960
Apr 1, 2007 4:11 pm
Let me add one more little bit that brings home the virtue of self-honesty that everyone will recognize: 'Know Thyself' Now, how far has modern psychology...
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Amos
vivepablo
Apr 1, 2007 4:50 pm
At the end of the Wikipedia article on self-esteem there's a link to an article from the New York Times (February 3, 2002) called The Trouble with Self Esteem,...
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Robin Turner
selgusni
Apr 1, 2007 5:15 pm
... I suspect that all of this self- words are illogical, since they imply the possibility of reflexive mental behaviour, and I'm not sure such a thing exists....
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Gary C. Moore
gospode
Apr 1, 2007 6:09 pm
Dear all, I would replace *self-esteem* in Stoicism with *self-interest* which is bound to factical situations, realities needed to be dealt with, and...
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Gary C. Moore
gospode
Apr 1, 2007 6:10 pm
PART 2 The next quotation with connect both points plus show the metaphoricity of Zeus in this particular usage, in comparing man to god and the divinity...
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Gary C. Moore
gospode
Apr 1, 2007 6:10 pm
PART 3 I go back directly to *play* not as metaphor but as direct statement of principle. *******QUOTE Bk I, 24 20. [Oldfather] But to sum it all up: remember...
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Gary C. Moore
gospode
Apr 1, 2007 6:10 pm
TO WHOM DO WE PLAY OUR DYING? PART 1 *****QUOTE: Epictetus, DISCOURSES Book II, 5 ‘2.How, then, shall one preserve constancy and tranquility of mind, and at...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 1, 2007 6:54 pm
You view is based on nothing but the public opinion of the country in which you live. To form judgments in such a way is mass psychology, not Stoic philosophy....
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mattomoran
Apr 1, 2007 7:32 pm
... which is bound to factical situations, realities needed to be dealt with, and authentic self-essessment of one's abilities and motives, and whether those...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 1, 2007 7:55 pm
Gich, The "poem" is Pythagorean, and found in the Golden Verses of Pythagoras: "Be not mischievous to yourself; advise before you act, and never let your...
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jan.garrett
chrys1943
Apr 1, 2007 8:19 pm
There is a distinction between Jews and Zionists, although certain groups of Zionists and anti-Semites do their best to erase it, for opposite reasons....
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mattomoran
Apr 1, 2007 8:29 pm
... function as unified wholes. Rather, in the human constitution, the different parts of the soul frequently meet in conflict. Unity is not what we start...
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Robin Turner
selgusni
Apr 1, 2007 9:10 pm
... Thanks for reminding me of that quotation - I've just put it up on the website for my English course on the philosophy and psychology of games...
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Amos
vivepablo
Apr 1, 2007 10:28 pm
Malcolm: I said before that this Forum is not a place to discuss politics, but since it is a Forum to discuss philosophy, I will call your attention to...
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Mark Travis
mtravis9
Apr 2, 2007 6:05 am
Jan wrote: Eventually, however, some Zionists figured out how to get one piece of territory in the midst of the Arab world, at whose expense everybody with any...
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Robin Turner
selgusni
Apr 2, 2007 8:18 am
I don't think I should comment on most of either Jan's or Mark's posts, since this is not an appropriate forum for that. I'd just like to make a couple of...
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Robin Turner
selgusni
Apr 2, 2007 10:26 am
... If you can get hold of Martha Nussbaum's The Therapy of Desire, I strongly recommend reading the chapter in which she discusses Seneca's tragedy Medea (in...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 2, 2007 2:17 pm
Jan, you really do not understand. There is a distinction between Jews and Zionists, although certain groups of Zionists and anti-Semites do their best to...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 2, 2007 2:33 pm
Amos, you wrote: "Why do you consider that a negative view of Sharon is a negative view of Israel or of the Jews in general? It's like saying that a ...
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Amos
vivepablo
Apr 2, 2007 2:55 pm
Malcolm, I think that Jan does understand. First of all, I consider myself to be a Jew, although I am an atheist and have been one all my life....
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Grant Sterling
fccmoose
Apr 2, 2007 3:02 pm
... As you point out, Epictetus rarely uses the technical Stoic terms "indifferent", "Preferred indifferent", etc. Is it Stoicism? Well, I am putting it...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 2, 2007 3:43 pm
Amos, I am not sure if you, or other members, understand that is list is a public forum. That means that messages, which all go into the list's archive, can ...
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Amos
vivepablo
Apr 2, 2007 5:38 pm
Malcolm: For precisely the reasons that you mention, I never use my last name in internet. However, although my parents chose it and didn't consult my...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 2, 2007 5:55 pm
Well that's interesting. Just a few days ago you said, if I remember correctly, that you knew so little about the internet that you could not include a URL in...
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Malcolm Schosha
malcolmschosha
Apr 2, 2007 9:00 pm
Hi Mark, You wrote: "The Jews are the most oppressed surviving people in world history. Meaning all other groups which have been oppressed as badly have been...
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jan.garrett
chrys1943
Apr 2, 2007 9:54 pm
I haven't got "hard" evidence one way or the other, but the fact that I have never heard of this before now makes very suspicious of the authenticity of this...
