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“it is in the moments when an individual fights against his very nature that he is at his best.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“According to Epicurus, living a simple life full of friends and philosophical discussion was the highest pleasure that could be attained. During”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence. Essentially,”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“Though a person might not realize it, groups have a very powerful and dramatic effect on human behavior. Everyone acts differently when they are around people versus than when they are alone. SOCIAL FACILITATION The most basic theory regarding social psychology is that when a person is alone, he or she is more relaxed and not concerned about the appearance of their behavior.”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“A statement can never be true and false at the exact same time.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“The only way to have meaning and value is through making choices and taking responsibility.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“Whatever Elly does - is useless, but for him it's important to do it. (regarding Elly Kleinman - Paul's grandfather)”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“Inferiority Complex: A wholly or partly unconscious sense of inferiority, or feelings of lack of worth. The overcompensation of these feelings can lead to neurotic symptoms. Superiority Complex: Suppressing feelings that exist in an attempt to conquer an inferiority complex. According”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“Socrates believed that in order for a person to be wise, that individual must be able to understand himself.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“This means that pleasure is the only thing intrinsically valuable to a person at all times and pain is the only thing that is intrinsically not valuable to an individual.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“When learning a behavior that is new, a fixed-ratio schedule is always best, while a variable-interval schedule is extremely resistant to extinction.”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“One of the key ideas of existentialism is that the meaning of life and discovering oneself can only be attained by free will, personal responsibility, and choice.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“Therefore, Hume argues, pleasure and pain are what motivate people and create passions. Passions are feelings that initiate actions, and reason should act as a “slave” to passion.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“While training, Freud befriended a physician and psychologist by the name of Josef Breuer. This relationship would prove to be incredibly important to the development of Freud’s work once Breuer began treating hysteria patients by using hypnosis and encouraging them to talk about their past.”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“Freud did well in school, and because he was Jewish—though he later came to identify as an atheist—he attended medical school at the University of Vienna in 1873 (medicine and law were the only viable options available to Jewish men at that time in Vienna).”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“All commodities are the products of labor, and according to Karl Marx, a commodity’s value should not be determined by something like supply and demand; rather, its value should be based on the amount of labor that went into creating that commodity.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on material objects, and he sought to understand the difference between acting good and being good.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“Wisdom, as opposed to knowledge, is when one understands the fundamental principles that govern all things (these are the most general truths) and then translates this information into scientific expertise.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“According to existentialism, as humans, we should come to terms with this fact and realize that the ability to understand the world is impossible to achieve. The world has no meaning other than the meaning that we provide it.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“operant conditioning is when someone learns a behavior as the result of the rewards and punishments associated with that behavior.”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“The word philosophy means “love of wisdom.” Indeed, it is a love of wisdom that guides philosophers to explore the fundamental questions about who we are and why we’re here.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“Clinical Definitions DISTRESS: Stress that occurs from negative events. For example, the stress that occurs from experiencing the death of a loved one, getting hurt, or losing a job. EUSTRESS: Stress that occurs from positive events. For example, the stress that occurs when watching a scary movie, going on a roller coaster, or getting a job promotion. THE”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

“Pessoas que lutam pela superioridade preocupam-se pouco com os outros e focam-se exclusivamente nos benefícios pessoais, pelo que são psicologicamente pouco saudáveis. As pessoas que lutam pelo sucesso fazem-no por toda a humanidade sem perderem a sua identidade, pelo que são psicologicamente saudáveis. (Alfred Adler)”
― Paul Kleinman, Tudo O Que Você Precisa Saber Sobre Psicologia: Um livro prático sobre o estudo da mente humana

“Kant claims that we only have the ability to know the world that is presented to us from our minds and that the external world can never truly be known. In other words, the only knowledge that we know, and ever will know, is knowledge of phenomena. This means that knowledge of noumena is, and always will be, unknown.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“While Mill believed that pleasures differed in quality, he proved that quality could not be quantified (thus showing that Bentham’s felicific calculus was unreasonable). To Mill, only those people who had experienced high pleasures and low pleasures would be able to judge their quality, and this process would lead to the creation of a moral worth that would promote higher pleasures (which he believed were mostly intellectual), even if the lower pleasures (which he believed were mostly bodily) were momentarily more intense.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates believed that in order for a person to be wise, that individual must be able to understand himself. To Socrates, an individual’s actions were directly related to his intelligence and ignorance. He believed people should develop their self, rather than concentrate on material objects, and he sought to understand the difference between acting good and being good.”
― Paul Kleinman, Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought

“experimentation.”
― Paul Kleinman, Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!