Petraeus affair: Why do the powerful cheat? David Petraeus is not your run-of-the-mill husband with a wandering eye. He's not just another philandering politician or celebrity cheater, like so many others whose indiscretions have come to light in recent years. He's a retired Army general who designed and led the military surge in Iraq and was top commander in Afghanistan.
He had been deployed much of his career until he was named CIA director last year. His abrupt resignation amid news of his extramarital affair with a married Army Reserve officer brings a new wrinkle into an old story of why yet another powerful man risks so much for a woman. Yes, Petraeus joins the list of wayward sons: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Edwards, Mark Sanford and Eliot Spitzer — just to name a few. Petraeus is another, says Frank Farley, a psychologist at Temple University who studies such behavior. STORY: Senator: Petraeus likely to testify on Benghazi Risk takers "tend to believe they control their destiny or fate," Farley says. Rousseau: Discourse on Inequality. On Rousseau's Discourse On Inequality [The following text is a lecture prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College in August 2000, for students in Liberal Studies. All references to Rousseau's text are to the translation by Roger D. and Judith R.
Masters, The First and Second Discourses (NY: St. Martin's, 1964). The text of this lecture is in the public domain and may be used, in whole or in part, by anyone without cost and without permission] For an e-text copy of Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, please follow this link: Origin of Inequality For comments or questions, please contact Ian Johnston Preliminary Remarks Before turning our attention directly onto Rousseau's famous work, I'd like to make a few general observations. The first general observation I wish to stress is that the important point about Rousseau's text, as with the work of all great thinkers, is not necessarily the conclusions he reaches but the argument he puts in place. Rousseau's Historical Metaphor.
Rousseau: Discourse on Inequality (e-text) Jean-Jacques Rousseau Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality Among Men Translator’s Note This translation, which has been prepared by Ian Johnston of Malaspina University-College, Nanaimo, British Columbia, is in the public domain and thus may be used, in whole or in part, without permission and without charge, provided the source is acknowledged, released June 2004. Printed copies of this translation suitable for classroom use are available from Prideaux Street Publications, for approximately $3.00 (Canadian) per copy (plus shipping).
In this text, the explanatory notes which appear at the end of the document are provided by the translator. Where Rousseau has provided a Latin quotation, this text has the English translation, with a link to the original Latin in the footnote. For an introductory lecture on Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, use this link: Rousseau. Historical Note by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Citizen of Geneva Aristotle, Politics, I, 5. The Personality Problem. When it comes to treating mental illness, I guess I’m glad we’ve made this shift. I put more faith in medications and cognitive therapies than in Freudian or Jungian analysis. But something has been lost as well as gained.
We’re less adept at talking about personalities and neuroses than we were when psychoanalysts held center stage. For example, in the middle of the 20th century, a woman named Karen Horney (pronounced HOR-nigh) crafted a series of influential theories about personality. Like many authors of these intellectually ambitious theories, she was raised in Europe and migrated to the United States before World War II. More than most of her male counterparts, Horney felt that people were driven by anxiety and the desire for security. Some people respond to their wounds by moving against others. These people are often excessively proud of their street smarts.
Other people respond to anxiety by moving toward others. Other people move away from others. Which is more important? Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Libertinism’s Sordid History. Teaching contemplation « a course about nothing. Haidt's Problem With Plato. ‘Our Divided Political Heart’ by E. J. Dionne Jr. Barry Schwartz: Our loss of wisdom. Aristotle. Born at Stagira in northern Greece, Aristotle was the most notable product of the educational program devised by Plato; he spent twenty years of his life studying at the Academy.
When Plato died, Aristotle returned to his native Macedonia, where he is supposed to have participated in the education of Philip's son, Alexander (the Great). He came back to Athens with Alexander's approval in 335 and established his own school at the Lyceum, spending most of the rest of his life engaged there in research, teaching, and writing. His students acquired the name "peripatetics" from the master's habit of strolling about as he taught.
Although the surviving works of Aristotle probably represent only a fragment of the whole, they include his investigations of an amazing range of subjects, from logic, philosophy, and ethics to physics, biology, psychology, politics, and rhetoric. But on Aristotle's view, the lives of individual human beings are invariably linked together in a social context. The Hunger Games and Philosophy: A Critique of Pure Treason. The Internet Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of classical literature. Online Library of Liberty - Front Page. Google Image Result for.