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Chapter 2: Early Psychological KnowledgePage 38cddsee pages 35-36Human beings are inside an imaginary cave, and they observe reflections of forms on the cave’s walls; the reflections are merely replicas of reality, but humans believe that these reflections are the “real” world. Page 40-41cbSensation is possible because of a kind of emanation or “discharge” coming from objects. The discharge makes an impression on our senses and thus evokes sensation and then thought.Page 45caThe sign of a reasonable individual is the ability to fight desire, to control emotionsThe most common label for mood-related symptoms that we call today depressive.Page 50abPlacing male human beings or the masculine point of view at the center of a theory or narrative.Suffering (dukkha) is an inseparable part of life. The sources of suffering are our cravings or desires conditioned by ignorance. There is an escape from cravings and ignorance. There are actions to reduce and eliminate suffering.Page 52a The entities that are opposed to one another and yet are also connected as a whole in time and space.Page 58bdEmotions can “enslave” people. It is imperative to individuals to control own emotions.Page 62adsee page 60If a colored disk is rotated with a certain speed, a person stops seeing different colors on the disk and perceives only one color instead. ................
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