scholarly journals The Complex Relation of Self-determination to Destiny in Oedipus Tyrannos

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Ruoqi Li
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Freedom Of Choice ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Fundamental Significance ◽  
Cast Doubt ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
The Way

<p>Oedipus Rex, one of the three famed Theban tragedies by the Greek dramatist Sophocles, vividly portrays the complex and often troubling theme of humanity’s relationship to fate. By detailing the way in which Oedipus, king of Thebes, is reduced by the cruelty of predestination into a puppet with no semblance of control over the course of his own life, Sophocles seems to cast doubt on, not only the effectiveness, but also the meaning of self-control. Thus, freedom of choice, humanity’s final assertion of independence, appears to dissolve into hollow mockery. But even then, Sophocles confirms the fundamental significance of the self-knowledge and dignity that comes from struggling against tyrannical destiny. It is this dignity that sustains king Oedipus through his terrible ordeal so that he comes out of it tortured but not destroyed. It is also this elevation that adds to a tale of endless victimization a whole new dimension of complexity and imbues the words with a touch of tragic and transfiguring sublimity.</p>

Pride, Virtue, and Self-Hood: A Reconstruction of Hume1

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Chazan
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Moral Self ◽  
Moral Domain ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
The Way

Hume’s account of how the self enters the moral domain and comes to a consciousness of itself as a moral being is one which he superimposes upon his Treatise account of the constitution of the non-metaphysical self. This primordial self is for Hume constructed out of the passions of pride and humility which are themselves in tum constructed out of certain feelings of pain and pleasure, these feelings being worked on by memory and imagination, and converted back and forth into series of ideas and impressions. In presenting this account of the way in which we achieve a coherent self-awareness and self-knowledge such that we ‘know our own force’ (T 597), Hurne in fact employs a radical psychology which he must discard once the moral self comes into view. The use Hume makes of this psychology has gone unnoticed in the literature, but once we understand its implications we will be able to dispel the confusion that some have found in his story.

scholarly journals Learning Strategies Focused on Decision Making and Collaboration on Physical Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 7924 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.ª Alejandra Ávalos-Ramos ◽  
M.ª Ángeles Martínez Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
Support Autonomy ◽  
Motivation And Confidence

This research analyzes the voices of university students of sport sciences during the implementation of strategies to support autonomy and collaboration in gymnastic learning, from the perspectives of self-determination, self-control, and self-regulation. The methodology is qualitative and the self-reflective journals with their narrative are the tool to collect information. The strategy is well appreciated both in terms of the structure of the work plan and in the guidance of the tasks. The evolution of motivation, autonomy, collaboration, and achievements is highly valued throughout the process. However, the final assessment, despite having little effect on the grade, produces pressure and anxiety in students, so that self-control decreases, action is impaired, and the motivation achieved in the learning process is distorted. Further studies are needed to design coping strategies to help students maintain their motivation and confidence and to decrease students’ resistance to assessment tasks.

scholarly journals TOKOH BHIMA DALAM TEKS DEWA RUCI (Kajian Teologi Hindu)

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
I Komang Widiana ◽  
Ngakan Ketut Juni ◽  
Jro Ayu Ningrat
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Way

<p><em>Dewa Ruci text tells of the Bhima character's journey in running his swadarma as a disciple of Master Drona to fulfill the task of seeking tirtha amerta pawitra. From the story contained in the Dewa Ruci’s Text has a different phenomenon or contradictions between Bhima-Drona with tirtha amerta pawitra. Thus a more in-depth study of the character, essence and religiosity of Bhima's characters on his journey in the literary works of the Dewa Ruci Text is required. Based on these descriptions, in this study Bhima figures on the Dewa Ruci Text as the object of research, with the title "Bhima In the Text of Dewa Ruci (Hindu Theological Studies).  </em></p><p><em>The results obtained in this study, that the structure that builds the Text of Dewa Ruci consists of synopsis, figure, incident, plot, background, theme and message. While the characters possessed by Bhima characters in Text of Dewa Ruci include obedient characters, ego and arrogant characters, strong character, honest character, unyielding character, knight character, wise character, and diligent character. The essence of Bhima's release in the Text of Dewa Ruci is contained in the discourse given by Hyang Dewa Ruci to Bhima, that all living beings must always be conscious of the self according to the way they choose based on karma (action), jnana (knowledge) and dharma. Thus, it will guide man to unite with the highest essence. The religiosity of the Bhima figures is reflected in Bhima journey which is a process of self-control and submission. In addition, the Bhima character's journey also reflects the holy journey that sanctifies itself so that he is able to meet with Hyang Dewa Ruci, in other words Bhima journey is a form of thirtayatra. As well as other theological teachings contained in the Text of Dewa Ruci is the existence of the concept of pramana as a concept that supports living things. By knowing this knowledge is expected Bhima as human depiction can reach moksartham jagadhitaya.</em></p>

Kantian Self-Cognition

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Papish
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Moral Reform ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Self Knowledge ◽  
The Way

This chapter bridges the transition between evil and moral reform, as it considers how human beings develop the self-cognition needed to displace the self-deception underwriting evil. It is argued that self-cognition is not simply what results from the mitigation of self-deception. It is shown that self-cognition is a distinctive task, one with pitfalls and obstacles that outstrip self-deception and that plague even the most well-intentioned agent. Finally, it is argued that while Kant can at points seem deeply pessimistic about the possibility of self-cognition, a more hopeful view of its prospects can be secured. There are several components to this view, including the proposal that self-knowledge must take the form of a provisional, experimental exercise in self-interpretation. Kant’s reference to Johann Georg Hamann’s statement that “only a descent into the hell of self-cognition can pave the way to godliness,” and Kant’s epistemology and anthropology, are discussed.

Pain's Evils

Utilitas ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
ADAM SWENSON
Keyword(s):  
Mental States ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Intrinsic Properties ◽  
Painful Sensation ◽  
The Way

The traditional accounts of pain's intrinsic badness assume a false view of what pains are. Insofar as they are normatively significant, pains are not just painful sensations. A pain is a composite of a painful sensation and a set of beliefs, desires, emotions and other mental states. A pain's intrinsic properties can include inter alia depression, anxiety, fear, desires, feelings of helplessness and the pain's meaning. This undermines the traditional accounts of pain's intrinsic badness. Pain is intrinsically bad in two distinct and historically unnoticed ways. First, most writers hold that pain's intrinsic badness lies either in its unpleasantness or in its being disliked. Given my wider conception of pain, I believe it is both. Pain's first intrinsic evil lies in a conjunction of all the traditional candidates for its source. Pain's second intrinsic evil lies in the way it necessarily undermines the self-control necessary for intrinsic goods like autonomy.

scholarly journals Culture infantilism and demonization of being (concerning clarification of M.K. Mamardashvili’s heroic art project)

2020 ◽  
pp. 395-403
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Polyakov ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Life Experience ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Evaluation Procedure ◽  
Determination Procedure ◽  
Merab Mamardashvili ◽  
The Way

In this article, the author analyzes the contraposition between infantile consciousness and «heroic art» used by Merab Mamardashvili. Examining the phenomenon of infantile consciousness, the author discovers a number of principles underlying it. Studying how these principles give rise to areas of absent life experience (from the side of thinking or from the side of feeling), the author indicates how another principle grows out of it — the «unknowability of being» or «demonization of being». Under such conditions, a person performs an evaluation procedure instead of stating the inconceivability of a situation and the self-determination procedure (the inconceivability of a situation is evaluated negatively and is fixed in thinking in this way). Using these conclusions, the author describes a situation in which «heroism» is understood as something alien to the meanings Mamardashvili endowed the «heroic art» idea with. The alienness shows itself in the way «heroism» is expressed as defense against the «unknowability of being». The author draws attention to the principle of ratio, important to Merab Mamardashvili, which consists in maintaining the final apodictic form between the two poles — the unknowable in sensory experience and the unknowable in thinking. With the help of this principle, the meaning of Mamardashvili’s statements about «heroic art» is clarified.

Can self-determination benefit more than the "self"? A pathway to prosocial behaviours

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Mask ◽  
Catherine E. Amiot ◽  
Celine M. Blanchard ◽  
Julie Deshaies
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Prosocial Behaviours
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