What are Subpersonalities?
“Are people a means to an end or are they an end in themselves?” Other than being momentarily intellectually stimulating, the question – posed by a professor in a course about ethics – wasn’t very meaningful. But I…
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Modern Man in Search of a Soul Summary (8/10)
Jung first describes the significance of the products of your subconscious. You consciously suppress the importance of your dreams, but they offer you different kinds of information that can be very powerful.
Motivation and Personality Summary (7/10)
The central project of Maslow in Motivation and Personality* is to study the psychology of healthy minded people. Thus far, psychology has been restricted to the study of mental illnesses but this exclusive focus…
The Servant Who Seized the Throne
From The Dichotomy of the Self - my book about how the great thinkers split the person in two, and what those splits still explain. This week, the most famous split of all.Iain McGilchrist opens The Master and His…
“The Busiest People Harbor The Greatest Weariness” Meaning
Friedrich Nietzsche’s penetrating observation that “The busiest people harbor the greatest weariness” reveals a profound paradox at the heart of modern life: the very activity that appears to demonstrate vitality and…
Maps of Meaning 4 Notes
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning 4 (2017) – Jordan Peterson Leaving Red Lobster Inn Leaving bar to go on a trip with the coachman, who finally reveals himself as satanic and instills fear in the Fox and Cat. People’s…
Self Reliance Summary (6/10)
Self-Reliance was an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. In it, he explains to us why the answers we seek are not found in trusting authority, blind religious faith, or following convention.
Negative Visualization (Week 10 of Wisdom)
Imagine losing everything you own, your health, and everyone you love. Too depressing, I know. But for the Stoics, this was a daily routine. And not for nothing, the Stoics realized that there was something about…
Six Days in a Stanford Basement
Another of the thirty. This is the most famous experiment in psychology, and the archives say it did not happen the way you were taught.August 1971. A Stanford basement is dressed as a prison, students are assigned…
The Pyramid Maslow Never Drew
From the Shelf: the most recognized image in psychology came from a management consultant, not a psychologistNew this week: The 30 Greatest Psychology Books - thirty landmark works, what they actually argued, and…
“Don’t Try” Meaning
Charles Bukowski’s deceptively simple philosophy of “Don’t Try” represents one of the most misunderstood yet profound insights into the nature of authentic effort, creative expression, and human fulfillment.
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World Summary (9/10)
Selected excerpts from Things Hidden Since The Foundation of the World by Rene Girard.
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