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Tyranny of Weakness, The

By: Charles Neville Buck

...the puritanical values of old New England, and the young Virginian who was born and raised of southern chivalrous tradition, the many and conflicting emotions which stir deep within Conscience Williams envelop this tale of desire, devotion, inner strength, devious treachery, and individuality of spirit. There would be many obstacles in the path of Conscience's future, and ...

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Rhetoric

By: Aristotle

...pes of rhetoric. Book II discusses in detail the three means of persuasion that an orator must rely on: those grounded in credibility (ethos), in the emotions and psychology of the audience (pathos), and in patterns of reasoning (logos). Book III introduces the elements of style (word choice, metaphor, and sentence structure) and arrangement (organization). Some attention ...

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Gambler, The-1

By: Katherine Thurston

...th people of society and fashion which through her immaturity, she believes is her right. She finds instead uncertainty, despondency, and deceit. Her emotions are constantly in battle with reality as she discovers her society acquaintances are not the “friends” she believes them to be. During her visit to Europe, Clodagh discovers that she too is burdened with the Asshlin ...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By: Conan Doyle

...her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precis...

...any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex. It was not that he felt any emotion akin to love for Irene Adler. All emotions, and that one particularly, were abhorrent to his cold, precise but admirably balanced mind. He was, I take it, the most perfect reasoning and observing machine that the world has seen, but as a lover he would have p...

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Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army

By: James Norman Hall

...ries, they are about the experience of War. War at different times, and although modern warfare may be more sanitized, the adventure, the horror, the emotions don’t change. James Norman Hall has been there. He “Saw the Elephant”, and his portrayal of his WWI experience is a tribute to those ordinary people who do such extraordinary things. Those who have served will identi...

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Narcissism Book of Quotes

By: Sam Vaknin

...rence." "Yes I told him exactly what I think of him, his lies, his deceit, his lack of emotions, he is just an image not a real person … and I real... ..."The N has no feeling of any kind, you must absolutely remember that. Any 'feelings' or emotions shown are like those put on by an actor on stage. T... ...don the target, leave them hanging, right in the middle of a sentence. And, you, having emotions, just have to get it out." "I can only offer a comp... ...soul." "My mother is very narcissistic, so I was never allowed to have my feelings and emotions if they encroached on her perfect image of herself.... ...ts of happiness with them when actually it was hell on earth!" "She actually never had emotions for me nor does she harbour guilt over what she's d... ... all at here. Go ahead, cry anywhere, anytime. I could hug you because you have normal emotions." "I've lived with mine for 37 years. I'm in the pr... ... relationship." "Denial is the way we handle what we cannot handle." "Is it like your emotions are going up and down like a roller coaster? One mi... ...AGES… DON'T MAKE CONTACT… DON'T WASTE YOUR PRECIOUS TIME… DON'T TOY WITH YOUR FRAGILE EMOTIONS… No matter how much we want to believe they're not ... ...heir own misery. Or they lie, create a fantasy, invent stories, harp on other people's emotions, forge a medical condition, pull a stunt, fall in id...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...The gap is even bigger when we try to apply natural languages to the description of emotions and sensations. This seems close to impossible. How can... ...icate one's anguish, love, fear, or desire? We are prisoners in the universe of our emotions, never to emerge and the weapons of language are useles... ... incommunicable. People - in the very far future - may be able to harbour the same emotions, chemically or otherwise induced in them. One brain cou... ...able to us to compare and decide whether there was an identity of sensations or of emotions. Still, when we say "sadness", we all seem to understan... ... language common to all humans, indeed, it seems to be the language of being human. Emotions are but phrases in this language. This language must ex... ...th this universal language to improve our chances to survive. The communication of emotions is of an unparalleled evolutionary importance and a spe... ...roup of special individuals called artists. Theirs is the job to experience (mostly emotions), to mould it into a the grammar, syntax and vocabulary... ...he meta language embedded in us as humans, some empathy, some vague comparisons of emotions to try and grasp the emotional foundation laid by the a... ...s very much like substituting verbal intercourse for the real thing. Talking about emotions - let alone making assumptions about what the artist ma...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...The gap is even bigger when we try to apply natural languages to the description of emotions and sensations. This seems close to impossible. How can... ...icate one's anguish, love, fear, or desire? We are prisoners in the universe of our emotions, never to emerge and the weapons of language are useles... ... incommunicable. People - in the very far future - may be able to harbour the same emotions, chemically or otherwise induced in them. One brain cou... ...able to us to compare and decide whether there was an identity of sensations or of emotions. Still, when we say "sadness", we all seem to understan... ... language common to all humans, indeed, it seems to be the language of being human. Emotions are but phrases in this language. This language must ex... ...th this universal language to improve our chances to survive. The communication of emotions is of an unparalleled evolutionary importance and a spe... ...roup of special individuals called artists. Theirs is the job to experience (mostly emotions), to mould it into a the grammar, syntax and vocabulary... ...he meta language embedded in us as humans, some empathy, some vague comparisons of emotions to try and grasp the emotional foundation laid by the a... ...s very much like substituting verbal intercourse for the real thing. Talking about emotions - let alone making assumptions about what the artist ma...

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The Open Book

By: Rav Michael Laitman

... stem from that single inner law of nature. The soul is receptive only to emotions. In our world, we cannot accurately, geometrically describe our f... ...A physicist can perform his experiments, regardless of his attributes and emotions; they are irrelevant to the experiment that he conducts and do no... ... is to Blame? If even in the spiritual world, we are unable to express our emotions toward one another, how then can we use the language in order to ... ... desires without any substance. In addition, Kabbalists tell us that those emotions are very precise and therefore demand a complete and accurate lan... ...he adduction of the soul to the Creator, and the growing intensity of his emotions. Kabbalah divides the collective soul to parts, gives each part a... ... outer world. That is the power of the language of Kabbalah. It describes emotions in an accurate manner that enables even the use of charts and gra... ...cally compare it with someone else’s mood, express all the shades of your emotions in numbers: the dependency between the lack of confidence and fat... ... hungry, the power of fears in the day time. We cannot accurately measure emotions in our world. For example, the relation between touching a warm b... ... of us has his own world, and we cannot compare and see how identical our emotions are. All creatures, still, vegetative or animate, feel the world d...

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Abuse, Trauma, And Torture, And Their Consequences and Effects

By: Sam Vaknin

...her possessions and accomplishments. Narcissists also rarely display their emotions as histrionics do and they hold the sensitivities and needs of ... ...ealth.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticab use/message/4923 Narcissists and Emotions http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/narcissisticab use/message/... ... invariable – a pattern of conduct melding distorted cognition and stunted emotions. And it is often vehemently denied. Return The Professions of t... ...ions in disdain and human penalties in disdain. He regards human needs and emotions as weaknesses to be predatorily exploited. Return Trauma Abuse ... ...from social pressures enables the direct transformation of anger into other emotions, some of them otherwise socially unacceptable. The honest encou... ...regulate their sense of self-worth. Other tormentors channel their negative emotions – pent up aggression, humiliation, rage, envy, diffuse hatred –... ...work is another mitigating factor. Finally, the ability to express negative emotions safely and to cope with them constructively is crucial to heali... ... or powerful pain are sufficient to provoke the behaviours, cognitions, and emotions that together are known as PTSD. Even learning about such mish... ...ove is wasted on a human shell, incapable of feeling anything but negative emotions. 4. Emulation The psychiatric profession uses the word: "epidem...

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The Malignan Self Love : Narcissism Revisited

By: Sam Vaknin

...FAQ # 18: Narcissistic Routines FAQ # 19: The Unstable Narcissist FAQ # 20: Do Narcissists Have Emotions? FAQ # 21: The Inappropriate Affect FAQ #... ...l the time and effort we had put into it. It is an encapsulated version of our acts, intentions, emotions and reactions. It is a mirror reflecting t... ...d and proud of his or her possessions and accomplishments. Narcissists also rarely display their emotions as histrionics do and they hold the sensi... ...issist's projected image is its lovability. To a narcissist, love is interchangeable with other emotions, such as awe, respect, admiration, attenti... ...ions to his abusive caregivers, and tries to defuse his libidinal and aggressive sensations and emotions. This way, he hopes to rehabilitate the da... ...internal dialogue is "I do have a relationship with my parents. It is my fault – the fault of my emotions, sensations, aggressions and passions – th... ...d to these instinctual conflicts related to both the libido and to aggression (these very strong emotions give rise to strong conflicts in the child... ...e him. The narcissist projects onto this second class of lesser persecutors his own deleterious emotions and transformed aggression: hatred, rage, ... ...by causing him to act "normally". The narcissist also dreads the encounter with his deep buried emotions – hurt, envy, anger, aggression – likely t...

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

...f how we "should be". Freud called it the "Ego Ideal". But sometimes we experience emotions and drives or have personal qualities which don't sit w... ...reness. This creates a conflict. On the one hand, the patient cannot admit that the emotions, traits, reactions, and behaviors that he so condemns i... ... is merely projecting. So, instead of denying it, the subject explains unpleasant emotions and unacceptable conduct as reactions to the recipient'... ...devaluediscard.html Sublimation The conversion and channelling of unacceptable emotions into socially-condoned behavior. Freud described how ... ..., subjugate them, or manipulate them. He emulates and simulates an entire range of emotions and employs every means to achieve these effects. He li... ...cal, and, often, sexual. His possessiveness and panoply of indiscriminate negative emotions - transformations of aggression, such as rage and envy ... ...y loss of a good and coherent self- feeling is associated with intensely experienced emotions such as shame and depression, plus an anguished sense ... ... co-operative effort (offending parent and abused child) at concealment and strong emotions of shame and guilt, repressed to the point of producing... ...d active. The child becomes a reflection of its dysfunctional family – it represses emotions, denies reality, resorts to violence and escapism, disi...

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The Power of Our Words

By: Liz Mcgrath

...Chinese medicine, I found that they devoted only one quarter of a page to emotions. I was quite confounded by this, as I felt that our emotions can ... ...ons can trigger all sorts of things within us. I felt very strongly that emotions were the underlying cause for many things in our lives. I realize... ...lt.” T e intention behind the use of a word determines the cause and the emotions we invest, which propel us into action. Quality words and images,... ...ave reached a rapturous state. Perhaps we buy their records because deep emotions are touched within us, which we enjoy and want to recapture. Whe...

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Speculations and Physics

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...atches or uses them ever again. We can safely call them "Objective Entities". Our emotions and thoughts can be communicated - but they are NOT the... ...esentation and an objective, external one. It serves as a bridge between our inner emotions and cognition and the outside, physical world. It origi... ...ited connections are the results. Myers (1982) Distinguishes between 3 components: emotions (=potentials), cognitions (=structures) and interpretat... ...ture is hologramic and fractal-like. Lazarus Cognition (=the structure) leads to emotions (=decays into a potential). This is a partial descript... ...). This is a partial description of the second leg of the process. Zajonc (1980) Emotions (=potentials) precede cognitions (=structures). Emotion... ...is the name that we give to a particular mode of delivery of energy. Eisen (1987) Emotions influence the organization of cognitions and allow for ... ...exibility by encouraging their interconnectedness. My interpretation is different. Emotions (=potentials) which organize themselves in structures a... ... organize themselves in structures are cognitions. The apparent distinction between emotions and cognition is deceiving. This also renders meaningl... ...lso: Piaget, Hays (1977), Marcus, Nurius, Loewenthal (1979). Greenberg and Safran Emotions are automatic responses to events. The primordial emoti...

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Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders

By: Sam Vaknin

...her possessions and accomplishments. Narcissists also rarely display their emotions as histrionics do and they hold the sensitivities and needs of ... ... invariable – a pattern of conduct melding distorted cognition and stunted emotions. And it is often vehemently denied. Return The Professions of t... ...ions in disdain and human penalties in disdain. He regards human needs and emotions as weaknesses to be predatorily exploited. Return Narcissistic ... ...or entirely good. He projects onto others his own shortcomings and negative emotions, thus becoming a totally good object. A narcissistic leader is ... ... of Narcissistic Supply devoid of the kind of language, which renders human emotions intelligible. Return The Making of a Leader “(The leader's) in... ...nsus emerges: a leader is born. The emotional aspect is predominant, though. Emotions play the role of gatekeepers and circuit breakers in the decis... ...hts within a coherent emotional framework to the various bits information . Emotions are rules of procedure. The information is the input processed... ...e discourse is not "emotionally tinted". If asked to relate directly to his emotions, the narcissist intellectualizes, rationalizes, speaks about hi... ...or entirely good. He projects onto others his own shortcomings and negative emotions, thus becoming a totally good object. A narcissistic leader is ...

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Jewels

By: Lakisha Spletzer

...led the Crown Prince, for Dex’s near-perfect control over himself and his emotions was legend among the people. She shouldn’t have been able to get a... ...her of us. The Kid is a bundle of nerves. I need her to settle down. Her emotions are running high too. Jewels can do it. She's got us.” Jeremy too... ...cial to him. She just didn't know it yet. He felt more in control of his emotions and entered the room. Brigadier General Maussey's cloy scent hit ... ...lose it in here.:: She felt him struggle and abruptly he relaxed. Jeremy's emotions still swirled like a hurricane in her mind. She put up a small ba... ... and immediately checked the room for intruders. Dex was motionless. Those emotions...he recognized the person behind them. He sprang to his feet, hi... ...ing rights. You are agitated. Has something happened?:: Dex reined in his emotions. He had more self-control than this. ::I am sorry, Father. I need... ...Yes. She is unable to shield her mind from any living thing's thoughts and emotions. That's why she has a partner like me. I'm an anchor. I can exten... ...ored her, she walked over to him and touched his arm. She yelped when the emotions raging inside him flooded her mind. She couldn’t pull away. She ha... ...he urge to battle raged in his veins. He needed an outlet for his pent up emotions or else face turning feral. He slammed his paw down on the table, ...

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The Conundrums of Psychology

By: Sam Vaknin

... blank and hidden screen upon which the patient projects or transfers his repressed emotions), free association as the exclusive technique used to g... ...on and a form of pertinent understanding. Human thought, fantasy, imagination, and emotions are nothing but electric currents and spurts of chemica... ...ious. Is it the reason for - does it cause - our behavior, conscious thoughts, and emotions? Does it provide them with a "ratio" (explanation)? Or ... ...us role, dreams do seem to have three important functions: 1. To process repressed emotions (wishes, in Freud's speech) and other mental content wh... ...screpancies and incompatibilities. No wonder that it is mostly associated with bad emotions (anger, hurt, fear). This also happens in the course of... ...ges facing him and pretends to be "Mr. Know-All". His sensitivity to the needs and emotions of others and his ability to empathise with them deteri...

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The Vatican Conspiracy

By: Jonathan Cross

...o were responsible for her death. A harsh knock on the door interrupted his emotions. He dabbed at his eyes with a handkerchief. "Come in," he cal... ...stunned. “Alex...I don’t know...my bags are packed,” she said, caught between emotions.” I was just about to leave...you came home early.” She turned... ...’ll ever see each other again... She looked beautiful...” Alex could feel the emotions rising up inside. “What I am about to tell you is what I’ve p... ...ressed that Brand could do what he had been unable to do for so long: let his emotions go. A small naked, yellow bulb, perched high on the wall, sl... ...d Venice. He doubted it. But this was home, and he loved the sound of vibrant emotions being expressed without regard to who thought what. This was ... ...ted out solemnly like the beginning of an aria that built into a crescendo of emotions. "We did it to protect ourselves from the French who invaded o... ...s/Artemis "Stunned would be a better word," Brand said trying to cover his emotions, which he was usually a master at never revealing. "We are ... ... a monstrous groan. "What do you mean, you can't tell us?" Marian asked, her emotions inflamed, but was able to take stock of herself, and asked, A... ...ed out at the ocean trying to calm his nerves. He knew he had to reign in his emotions. This was too important. After a long minute, Cardona said, "...

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Jockeys and Jewels

By: Bev Pettersen

...ckey this Friday.” She clamped her mouth, knew she should look cool, but her emotions pushed through and she vaulted from the saddle, a huge grin o... ...ssness that surprised him. Such beautiful eyes, darkened now with a myriad of emotions. Regret, shame, hope—she was young, open, and a cinch to read... ...to. Kurt had never liked placatory pretending anyway. He preferred to whip up emotions, any emotions, so long as they weren’t his own. Connor was the... ...e could learn a lot, she felt much safer when she was mounted. He jumbled her emotions, and she didn’t like it. Didn’t like it one bit. “We’ll talk ... ...using the pressure to steady his anger. Usually he had no trouble keeping his emotions blanketed, and his unexpected weakness surprised him. It ne... ...tter than a drug dog. He let Cisco settle behind Dusty and tried to blank his emotions so he could sift through the facts. One detail was confirmed—... ... okay,” she said. She had to get away, especially now, when both her body and emotions were bruised. “I just need to sit up so I can breathe.” He he... ... want to think about why Nick had visited Otto’s horse—not now, not while his emotions bubbled like blisters. He dropped a chair in front of Cisco’s... ... a look at Lazer’s race,” he said. She followed him toward the tack room, her emotions jumbled. He always kept his emotions walled, but apparently s...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

...ups are rebarbatively authoritarian, execrably violent, devoid of human empathy or emotions, suppressive, ostentatious, trenchant and often murder... ...ttle. What made Delcev, rather his death, the trigger of such an outpouring of emotions was the IMRO (VMRO in Macedonian and in Bulgarian). The... ...t and invariable - a pattern of conduct melded with distorted cognition and stunted emotions. And it is often vehemently denied. A possible DSM-lik... ... (evil) or entirely good. He projects onto others his own shortcomings and negative emotions, thus becoming a totally good object. A narcissistic le... ...iscretions, soils the opposition, charms them, appeals to their reason, or to their emotions, and promises the Moon. Again, the narcissist's incont... ...epted form of behavior. Conversely, in non-traumatised societies overt displays of emotions, which might be potentially harmful to others, are cons... ...ups are rebarbatively authoritarian, execrably violent, devoid of human empathy or emotions, suppressive, ostentatious, trenchant and often murder...

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