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"Enlightenment (Kant) promised rationalism:
1. Vs myths
2. Individual autonomy
3. control over nature
4. Increasingly just society
Frankfurt Schools analysis of Enlightenment:
"...instead of these ideals of enlightenment bringing liberation, these social forms have become
...new forms of enslavement
..turned into the opposite of what they promised
...original ideas had become a new kind of myth
"" — Jul 15, 2026 01:56AM
"Enlightenment (Kant) promised rationalism:
1. Vs myths
2. Individual autonomy
3. control over nature
4. Increasingly just society
Frankfurt Schools analysis of Enlightenment:
"...instead of these ideals of enlightenment bringing liberation, these social forms have become
...new forms of enslavement
..turned into the opposite of what they promised
...original ideas had become a new kind of myth
"" — Jul 15, 2026 01:56AM
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"- Contingent/acquired self esteem
- low self esteem does not stem from failures due to ADD impairments but it has the same sources of causation: stress in the parenting environment, and disrupted attunement/attachment.
- low self esteem is excerbated (not caused) by poor achievement.
- sense of self is an illusion
- self esteem comes from acceptance
- motivation comes from within" — Jul 13, 2026 08:47PM
"- Contingent/acquired self esteem
- low self esteem does not stem from failures due to ADD impairments but it has the same sources of causation: stress in the parenting environment, and disrupted attunement/attachment.
- low self esteem is excerbated (not caused) by poor achievement.
- sense of self is an illusion
- self esteem comes from acceptance
- motivation comes from within" — Jul 13, 2026 08:47PM
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