Word: self
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...synthesis is that it is too pat, too easy for those coming from each perspective to only pay lip service to the other. If believing in synthesis means accepting that individualism and structure are two points on a continuum rather than two mutually exclusive camps, where one places one-self on the spectrum can still be largely a product of personal experience. Harvard individualists are likely to internalize happiness and successes and reduce the importance of structure, "Since I made Phi Beta Kappa/got into the Advocate/have a boyfriend, you could have also if you wanted to," whereas structuralists tend...
...Harvard is not one size fits all. In general, people who are self-confident, individualistically goal-oriented and self-confident in all aspects of their lives will flourish, whereas those who are less sure of themselves, who value community or who are more interested in happiness than in academic or occupational goals may have been better off elsewhere...
...myself have not really changed my position,"he says. "I suppose at that point, I was anti theanti-war movement. They were self-indulgent,simple-minded, acting out neurotic stuff in theirlives...
...seem to oscillate as a society betweentimes of apathy and self-centered ignorance, andtimes of hyper energized activism, sometimesbordering on thoughtless," Wood says. "Even withKosovo in the wings, we're in the more apatheticmode. I wish students were more motivated,concerned...
...There isn't a gap between his private andpublic self," Appiah says. "He's not just doing ajob when he reads and writes, it's what he mostloves to do and he hasn't stopped doing...