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setbacks and painful, often fruitless efforts to adapt oneself to new problems of existence. The calm propitious to philosophic thought was far from reborn...

taking enjoyment and being careful as necessity demands, wisely adapting oneself to circumstances in the same way as one dresses differently for winter...

the enemy have a heroic value. To have participated in guerrilla activities makes it difficult for one to adapt oneself to an ordered society, a society...

unconscious complexes into the conscious awareness, in order to integrate them back into oneself.[better source needed] Eliphas Levi (1810–1875), one of the...

thus achieve Persuasion; that is, self-possession. Resignation and adapting oneself to the world, for Michelstaedter, is the true death. His thought has...

an object into oneself; rationalization, the justification of one's behaviour by using apparently logical reasons that are acceptable to the ego, thereby...

in which an individual attributes the occurrence of a stressful event to oneself. The direction of blame often has implications for individuals’ emotions...

or knowing oneself to be mortal. In the 4th century BC, however, the maxim was drastically re-interpreted by Plato, who understood it to mean, broadly...

individual may find meaning. They include altruism, or trying to benefit others; dedicating oneself to a cause, such as a religious or political movement; creativity...

A number of decisions will have to be made concerning what is to be demolished and how one can or should adapt oneself when building. It is a tricky balancing...

catuhsamgrahavastu; generosity, loving words, beneficial acts, adapting oneself to other's needs). Apart from basic meditations, prayers, and the reading...

other humans, oneself, or animals. In its various forms, love acts as a major facilitator of interpersonal relationships and, owing to its central psychological...

psychiatrists speak of the necessity of adapting oneself to society, estimate the level of man's social functioning, his ability to adequately test the reality and...

the practice of serving oneself, usually when making purchases. Aside from Automated Teller Machines, which are not limited to banks, and customer-operated...

observing oneself from an external perspective. Subjects perceive that the world has become vague, dreamlike, surreal, or strange, leading to a diminished...

knowing how to "blend" to neutralize a technique's effect), releasing oneself from an enemy's grasp, and changing or shifting one's position to evade or...

on an A+ to F scale. Richard Schickel of Time criticized the film's simplistic characterization, saying, "Watching The Hours, one finds oneself focusing...

abilities, the belief that few other people have anything in common with oneself, and that one can only be understood by a few, very special people. The...

moment, will do the unspeakable in the name of kindness", even sacrificing oneself for others' sake. Ellison uses an alternating pair of punchcode tapes as...

Adaptive bias is the idea that the human brain has evolved to reason adaptively, rather than truthfully or even rationally,[clarification needed] and...