Questions APR 13

SSHM ch3. LH ch3 Rec: FL 45-46

Report presentations: 1. SSHM ch3 - #6 Ellaleigh; #7 Charlcie; #10 Hannah; 2. LH 3 - #6 Andrew; #7 Mikell;

3. FL 45-46 - #6 Raymond; #7 Ashton; #10 Connor; 4. SSHM ch3 or LH 3 - #6 Carlos

1. James wrote Principles of Psychology to answer what question?

2. What did Aristotle say about habit?

3. What realization would make young people give more heed to their conduct?

4. James complained in 1884 that what devoured his time?

5. James thought everybody should do what each day?

6. How is habit "the enormous fly-wheel of society"?

7. There is "no more miserable human being" than ...

8. There is "no more contemptible type of human character" than ...

LH

1. What are three kinds of grief? Have you experienced any of them?
2. What's the closest KS has come to grief?
3. What "five neat steps" of grief does KS say there is no evidence for?
4. What stoic attitude did Epictetus say would prevent you from being grievously upset at the death of a loved one? What does KS say about that?
5. What does KS say should be our goal with respect to grief?
6. The fact that someone is not alive, says Julian Barnes, does not mean what?
7. What does KS call Epicurus's attitude towards death?
8. If we did not grieve, we would not ____.
9. How do the Dahomey of Western Africa celebrate the life of the deceased? 
10. What do conventions of mourning give us?

Discussion Questions:

• Do you want to "be somebody"? What does that mean? Does it make happiness harder to achieve?
• Does adult life make it harder to identify your "real" self? 70
• Is it good that "habit is the enormous fly-wheel of society"? 77
• Which comes first, happiness or laughter 87
• Is it bad to entertain emotions you don't act on? Why?
• Is habit, on balance, good for society?
• Are there any small habits you'd like to gain or lose? What's stopping you?
• COMMENT?: Are there any sequences of mental action you want or need to frequently repeat (or stop repeating)?