Alfred Adler’s Individual Psychology

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by Dr. Zoran Vujisic:  The work of Adler is not easily categorized. It is sometimes listed among the psychodynamic psychologies, sometimes among the humanistic, and sometimes among the cognitive-behavioral.

Confucianism

Confucianism which is a way of life taught by Confucius in the 6th–5th century BC.

Alan Watts Taoism

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by Alan Watts: In order to go into Taoism at all, we must begin by being in the frame of mind in which it can be understood.

Confucius on Sincerity

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“Their knowledge being extensive, their thoughts became sincere.” The foregoing from “The Great Learning” (Text, v. 5) is challenged more frequently, perhaps, than any other of its propositions;

If There Is No Solid Me, Then Who Am I?

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by Ed and Deb Shapiro: “The future is a concept—it doesn’t exist! There is no such thing as tomorrow! There never will be because time is always now.” – Alan Watts

The Ethics of Confucius: General Human Relations

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After instruction in self-development, men need to know their relation to their fellows. First in importance of our social duties, and intimately connected with individual character, Confucius placed propriety.

Confucius Teachings on Education

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Confucius taught that one the key to self mastery was through scholarship and study. He stated “He who learns but does not think is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.” (Analects 2.15)

The Ethics of Confucius: Propriety of Deportment

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“It is virtuous manners which constitute the excellence of a neighbourhood. If a man in selecting a residence do not fix upon one where such prevail, how can he be wise?” (Analects, bk. iv., c. i.)

Teachings of Confucius

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What are the main teachings of Confucius? Confucius expounded a system of social and political philosophy which he conveyed to a group of disciples.

The Art of Living

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“The practice of right-living is deemed the highest, the practice of any other art lower. Complete virtue takes first place; the doing of anything else whatsoever is subordinate.” (Li Ki, bk. xvii., sect. iii., 5.)

What Constitutes The Superior Man

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The central idea of Confucius is that every normal human being cherishes the aspiration to become a superior man—superior to his fellows, if possible, but surely superior to his own past and present self.