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The constrained and unconstrained views

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RaffaelloSanzio The School of Athens

By Jennie S. Bev

Raphael’s painting The School of Athens depicted Plato pointing to the sky and Aristotle pointing to the ground. It encapsulates the two approaches in how we perceive the world: perfection and grounded reality.

These perspectives divide the world into unconstrained and constrained views, using terms used by Harvard professor of behavioral studies Tal Ben-Shahar.

In psychology, they become perfectionism and optimalism; in politics, they become communism and capitalism; in everyday arguments, they become can-do and cannot-do. Read the rest of this entry »

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July 21st, 2010 at 4:06 pm

Pendidikan Berantai

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July 21st, 2010 at 3:59 pm

Air Mata Xie Xie

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July 21st, 2010 at 3:51 pm

Land Banking

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July 21st, 2010 at 3:33 pm

The rise of Indonesia’s “accidental guerrillas”?

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July 21st, 2010 at 3:19 pm

Reinterpreting the Total Defense System

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July 21st, 2010 at 3:10 pm

Soccer and politics

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