Positive Psychology: Buddha and Plato

Monday, August 28, 2017

Buddha and Plato

Courage is knowing what not to fear. - Plato #quote

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A grand synthesis: Buddha and Plato

Frank Wilczek‏ @FrankWilczek Aug 6

A grand synthesis: Buddha and Plato

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Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed. Nietzsche

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.- Cicero #IAM #quote #wisdom #GRATITUDE

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Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. - Eleanor Roosevelt

Positive Psychology given credence by Academia:

Positive psychology is the scientific study of the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Commentators on the subject Martin Seligman and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, note that:

"The field of positive psychology at the subjective level is about valued subjective experiences: well-being, contentment, and satisfaction (in the past); hope and optimism (for the future); and flow and happiness (in the present).

At the individual level, it is about positive individual traits: the capacity for love and vocation, courage, interpersonal skill, aesthetic sensibility, perseverance, forgiveness, originality, future mindedness, spirituality, high talent, and wisdom.

At the group level, it is about the civic virtues and the institutions that move individuals toward better citizenship: responsibility, nurturance, altruism, civility, moderation,tolerance, and work ethic."