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Stoicism as a moral system
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Limitations of Stoicism in Matthew Arnold's Poetry
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Republicanism and stoicism in Renaissance neo-Senecan drama.
… in such humanist outlooks as republicanism and stoicism. Classical authorities, including Seneca and Tacitus, as well as contemporary theorists, such as Niccolo Machiavelli and Justus Lipsius inform these discourses. This form of drama also offered the authors a space to interrogate the …
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Dispassion and the Good Life: A Study of Stoicism and Zhuangism
… role in many different traditions, such as Stoicism, Buddhism, Daoism, and eastern Christianity, it does not seem to hold much appeal to people today. To the modern ear, dispassion is often associated with apathy, which refers to a lack of feeling, motivation, or concern. Because of this …
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Classical stoicism and romantic passion : the golden mean in Arnold's "Tristram and Iseult".
… and Iseult le Blanche Mains practices Classical Stoicism. Each of the sides receives both Arnold's endorsement and his denunciation. Born between the two worlds of Classicism and Romanticism, Matthew Arnold, the son of the Classicist Dr. Thomas Arnold and the friend and admirer of the Romantic …
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A Feminist-Psychoanalysis of Measure For Measure's Isabella and Hamlet's Title Character: Their Nontraditional Travels Between Stoicism and Skepticism
What does it mean to be a woman? How does it feel to be a man? Having pondered those answers for a moment, now consider this: the time is three centuries ago, the woman has a bright mind and a strong soul which she values more than a brother, and the man places family relationships above all esle …
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The Stoics and the practical: a Roman reply to Aristotle
… act ethically according to the central tenets of Stoicism. Prevailing opinion holds that one must attain universal knowledge of the nature of reality, or at a minimum, knowledge of one's end (telos/finis) in life, but I argue that in Stoic thought, especially as described by Cicero, neither kind …
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Dependency in Caregiving Contexts : The Role of Personality
… and respect for authority. Measures of stoicism, caregiver affiliation, and respect for medical authority, which were specially designed with the elderly care recipient in mind, were also employed. Outcome variables were morale, physical dependency (ADL/IADL), and psychosocial dependency …
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La obra dramatica de Lope de Vega: Temas y motivos neoestoicos
<p>Neostoicism had a strong influence in Europe during the seventeenth century. This influence was reflected in philosophy, politics, art and literature. In this dissertation we first discuss the importance of stoicism and neostoicism in Europe and in Spain. Then we analyze the neostoic elements …
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Death Will Die: Finding Eternal Life from a Johannine Ars Moriendi
… traditions from Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, and Stoicism and argues that Christians should implement a Johannine Ars Moriendi. Chapter 5 concludes with five implications of the research and calls on the global church to implement a Johannine Ars Moriendi by (1) caring for the dying, (2) …
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Vyresnių žmonių savižudybių atvejų analizė /
… „The Loss of Autonomy”, „Avoidance Strategies”, „Stoicism in the Context of Life‘s Struggles” and „Experiencing the Loss of Connection”. This study provided insights into which struggles the elderly face, how they handle them and what their role in the process of the suicide is. Additionally, the …
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Impact of Combat Stress on Mental Health Outcomes: BRFSS Survey Data 2006
… characteristics. Denial of mental health status, stoicism within the military community, and limitations of the survey are proposed to explain the unexpected outcome of this analysis.
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"I Had to Hold it All Together": Miscarriage, Masculinity, and Men's Unmet Needs - A Reflexive Thematic Exploration
… Research suggests that gendered expectations of stoicism and control further constrain men’s capacity to express distress or access social and/or therapeutic support (McQueen, 2017). This thesis aimed to explore men’s lived experiences of miscarriage, with attention to how they make sense of …
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PTSD, Policy, and Passion: An Advocate's Autoethnographic Journey To Improve Veteran Care
… themes include military culture’s emphasis on stoicism, systemic barriers within the VA and broader healthcare systems, stigma surrounding disability, challenges in reintegration, and the social and psychological implications of untreated PTSD. The study concludes by advocating for policy …
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The Immanent Body: A Thematic Study of the Logic of Immanence in Christology, Philosophy and Aesthetics
… an analysis of late ancient christology, Stoicism and philosophy; 2) "The Extended Body: Aesthetics": depictions of monastic bodies in late medieval, Renaissance and contemporary art.</p> <p>I. The thesis of this dissertation can be stated as follows: the conditions under which immanence …
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The image of human condition: Sidney’s Arcadia and the Conflicts of Virtue
… thought to symbolize a passive form of Christian Stoicism. I contend that they, in fact, respond to their misfortunes in a way that demonstrates an active outlook. Employing the same philosophy, Sidney, both in his letter intervening in Queen Elizabeth’s marriage negotiations and in his …
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The experience of mesothelioma in Northern England
… and 14% at home. Patients tend to react with stoicism and patients (and relatives) adopt a ‘coping narrative’ which may prevent timely access to supportive services. Bereaved relatives’ emotional accounts reflect witnessing severe suffering, express anger and blame around the potentially …
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Civil society and civil discourse: Eloquence and hope in the communications of presidents Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Barack Obama
… the larger context of classical rhetoric and Stoicism. This study analyzes several speeches from each of the selected presidents and draws upon PAC to show how these hopeful speeches have worked to evoke a sense of community and purpose for Americans. Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Obama combined the …
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"Only the rames of a man": Investigating Masculinities in the Novels of Thomas Hardy.
… chapter discusses the concepts of empathy and Stoicism as understood within Victorian society, and how they influence representations of the New Man in Hardy's novels. I conclude by identifying further possible avenues for investigation with regards to Hardy's oeuvre, including how his male …
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Is Ancient Eudaimonism a Defensible Normative Ethical Position?
… to Pyrrhonic Scepticism, Epicureanism and Stoicism will be discussed. Three objections to eudaimonism will then be presented. According to the first objection raised by the Kantian John Hare, eudaimonism is a self-centred theory which posits an improper relation of subordination between …
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