Aristotle, following Plato, defined the psyche as the core essence of a living being, and while claiming that it did not exist apart from the body, [2] he considered its so-called " intellect" part to be immortal and perpetual, [3] [4] in contrast to its organism-dependent vegetative/nutritive and perceptual functions. In his theory of causes and of act and potency, Aristotle emphasizes beings in relation to their actual manifestation, and in turn the soul was also defined by its actual effects. For instance, if a knife had a soul, the act of cutting would be that soul, because 'cutting' is part of the essence of what it is to be a knife. More precisely, the soul is the "first activity" of a living body. This is a state, or a potential for actual, or 'second', activity. "The axe has an edge for cutting" was, for Aristotle, analogous to "humans have bodies for rational activity," and the potential for rational activity thus constituted the essence of a human soul. He states: "Soul is an actuality or formulable essence of something that possesses a potentiality of being besouled", [5] [6] and also "When mind is set free from its present conditions it appears as just what it is and nothing more: this alone is immortal and eternal". [7] Aristotle used his concept of the soul in many of his works; his main work on the subject is De Anima (On the Soul). [8] [6] In Stendhal's novel Le Rouge et le Noir (1830), there is a classic narcissist in the character of Mathilde. Says Prince Korasoff to Julien Sorel, the protagonist, with respect to his beloved girl: Hunúŋpa, Lakota bear spirit of wóksape (Lakota concept of sacred knowledge), lesser spirit of knowledge Narcissus by Paris Paloma, an Indie artist, who often uses folk and mythology to inspire her songs. To the ancients the meaning of the story was most important, not the literal truth of the details of a certain version of a tale. Famous Myths of These Types

The collective unconscious is a unique component in that Jung believed that this part of the psyche served as a form of psychological inheritance. It contained all of the knowledge and experiences that humans share as a species. The Origins of JungianArchetypes Narcissus was a beautiful youth – so beautiful, in fact, that he fell in love with his own reflection, which he saw while gazing down at the surface of the water while drinking one day. Echo loved Narcissus, but he shunned her because he only had eyes for himself, and Echo pined away until only her voice remained. After being “ravaged” by the river god Cephissus, the nymph Liriope gave birth to Narcissus “beautiful even as a child." As was apparently custom, she consulted the seer Tiresias about the boy’s future, who predicted that the boy would live a long life only if he never “came to know himself”. During his 16th year, after getting lost while hunting with friends, Narcissus came to be followed by a nymph Echo. During the two or three little outbursts of passion she has allowed herself in your favor, she has, by a great effort of imagination, seen in you the hero of her dreams, and not yourself as you really are. Midas is known for two things: being given the ears of an ass, and turning everything he touched into gold. The latter of these was his reward from Dionysus, although he soon discovered that his gift was a bane rather than a blessing, and that he couldn’t even do simple things like take a drink without the water turning into gold.The Battle: The hideous Medusa has snakes for hair, terrifying tusks and a face that turns anyone that looks at it into stone! To please his king, warrior Perseus agrees to slay the beast. Wearing a helmet of invisibility, he sneaks up on Medusa. She’s asleep, but one gaze at her face and Perseus would be a statue! So he looks at her harmless reflection in his shiny shield and beheads her. Victorious, Perseus flies off on winged sandals. Bellerophon and Pegasus The Chimera Dwarfs, particularly Alviss, whose name means "all-wise". Thor keeps him from marrying his daughter by challenging him to a wisdom contest that lasts all night. He's turned to stone by the rising sun. In the film Bab'Aziz, directed by Nacer Khemir, a Narcissus like character was portrayed by an ancient prince who sat by a pond for days after days and looked at the reflection of his own soul. He was referred to as 'The prince who contemplated his soul'. Humans are always filtering our memories, embellishing them, and the same event can be interpreted in different ways. Say you ask someone on a date and they say no. Maybe you’re great, but not their type, sorry. Maybe you’re fundamentally unlovable. Which story will you believe? A statue of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom Odin sacrificing himself to gain knowledge of the runes.

Moss, Jessica & Schwab, Whitney (2019). The Birth of Belief. Journal of the History of Philosophy 57 (1):1-32.

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In the personal realm, narrative made even less sense. I didn’t need a flamboyant story about who I was and why things happened and what all that meant for my destiny. Things just happened. Forcing events neatly into a personal myth was reductive, providing simple answers to the complex questions. I admired the mantra of the painter Gustave Coubert: “Let us be true, even if we are ugly.” Even if we don’t have emerald eyes and creamy skin. Even if there was no tidy life story. Despite Kataeva’s efforts, Akhmatova’s work has remained an inextricable part of the Russian literary canon and her myth a powerful cultural institution. Demoting Akhmatova’s work from the canon would be considered unjust, both because of the intrinsic artistic value of her work and the role her work has played in Russian society. Today, Isaiah Berlin's words still ring true. “The widespread worship of her memory…, both as an artist and as an unsurrendering human being, has… no parallel. The legend of her life and her unyielding passive resistance to what she regarded as unworthy of her country and herself, transformed her into a figure… not merely in Russian literature, but in Russian history in our century.” Chamberlain, Basil Hall (2008). The Kojiki: Japanese Records of Ancient Matters. Forgotten Books. ISBN 978-1-60506-938-8 . Retrieved 9 February 2011. Alladi, Mahadeva Sastry (1992). The Bhagavad Gita with the commentary of Sri Sankaracharya. Samata Books. p.500. Some argue that Madonna discredited the postwar division of gender roles by relaxing binary distinctions altogether, effectively tiptoeing toward a new wave of feminism. “The postmodern is seen as opening endless spaces for the play of multiple selves and meanings,” dissolving binaries and hierarchies such that “pleasure is found in the confusion of boundaries,” writes Roseann M. Mandziuk.

Even Sam admitted in his journal writing, “I am a natural liar for I am an artist + naturally.” Like Kahlo and Beuys, he recognized the power of crafting a persona that fused his life and his art. Sam’s fictional airplane crash functioned both to mark the break from his previous life (his ambition to be a doctor) and to form a link to the artist he was becoming, a man who, having fallen from the sky, rose to paint the heavens.

Judging Personality from Life Stories

Seshat, goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing. Scribe of the gods. Credited with the invention of writing and the alphabet. Later demoted to consort of Thoth. [1] It is not about Brexit, the Northern Ireland protocol or the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement. It is not about sparking a Troubles 2.0. It is about showing they exist.