Psychology History

Nati 3.000 anni fa nell'antica Grecia e tornati in auge verso la fine del XIX secolo, i Giochi Olimpici sono diventati la competizione sportiva più popolare a livello mondiale. Dall'VIII secolo a.C. fino al IV secolo d.C., i giochi si svolsero ogni quattro anni a Olimpia, una città nell'ovest della penisola del Peloponneso, in onore del dio Zeus. I primi Giochi Olimpici dell'era moderna furono ospitati ad Atene nel 1896 e videro 280 atleti di 13 nazioni confrontarsi in 43 discipline diverse.

"Sense and Sensibilia" is one of the short treatises by Aristotle that make up the Parva Naturalia. He discusses attributes, like those that are common to all living things. They include waking and sleeping, youth and old age, inhalation and exhalation, life and death.

Aristotle’s influence on western philosophy is immense. In this work, he claimed that everything that is learned in life is learned through sensory perception. He was also the first philosopher to establish the foundational principles of logic.

This talk by Sam Shoemaker begins with a brief history of AA told by Sam. It contains some things which only Rev. Sam Shoemaker could tell correctly. Sam was the preeminent Oxford Group leader in the US at the time Bill Wilson and Ebby T. were affiliated with it. The mission that Ebby was livening and working at during his pivotal meetings with Bill around the time Bill sobered for life was a branch of Sam's church.

Sometimes, you worry for a reason. Sometimes that reason is logical and sometimes it is not. Occasionally we want to stop worry. Here we look at what people have done to stop worrying. Others have done things to get rid of the worry. This book discusses the tactics and mis-tactics that have been used throughout time to address such stresses.

Going Nuclear focuses on one of the most critical negotiations in recent memory, the efforts to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. It offers a unique perspective on the negotiations and potential repercussions based on important findings and lessons from psychology, neuroscience, and decision making. It explores the influence of history and hindsight bias on Russia, China, Iran, Israel, and Sunni Arab countries, and the implications for the United States and its Western partners.

In his plain spoken way, Father Martin tells it like it is about relapse. What relapse is, and what it is not. He talks hurtful unkind attitudes towards relapse and members coming back that are not helpful. How to prevent it happening to you, and what to do if it does.