Sentences with phrase «egocentricity of»

But no, she would rather pander to the egocentricity of a colleague from her legal fraternity whose only and sole desire is self - aggrandizement and free access to a system developed and paid for by the many hard - working Realtors who, over the years, contributed, enhanced and modernized what today exists as an effective tool serving their profession.

We could, and did, indulge in the pessimism of a Schopenhauer or in the aggressive egocentricity of a Nietzsche.

For Piaget, the ontological egocentricity of the child was due primarily to the fact that the child does not yet differentiate its selfhood from the Being of the universe (RME 110, 241); therefore, the child is not yet conscious of itself as being other over against the world and, therefore, interprets the whole reality according to its own experience.

Because of its orientation in depth psychology, it recognized that the selfishness and egocentricity of the alcoholic are actually symptoms of deeper problems and conflicts.

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In such a democracy, manners are instruments of egocentricity.

Such egocentricity leads to a form of hope which ends only in vanity.

Insofar as that is a true description of the general pattern of egocentricity that characterizes all men there is no great illumination in remarking that this generation is so disposed.

By participation in Paul's Christ I too know something about liberation from the tyranny of environment, and some measure of liberation from the terrible interior tyranny of my own egocentricity.

But by spreading oneself out «in immoderate wordiness, he has an issue of seed, not for the purpose of progeny,» but for self - assertive egocentricity.

To me it appears not misleading to see, in this ontological egocentricity, a natural first pre-form of that statement of interpretation which Whitehead has brought to a new importance with his «reformed subjectivist principle» on an entirely different, theoretical level — and, therewith, naturally under completely different conditions (PR 160/186).

There are analogues in «maladjustment,» «egocentricity,» «lack of integrity.»

Piaget chose the expression of «ontological egocentricity» for the early childlike method of interpretation.

We do not have to decide at this point if, and in which regard, the early childlike interpretation of reality in the mode of «ontological egocentricity» is more adequate or more inadequate than the later object - oriented perception of reality.

And in my own view it is a very important part of a person s spiritual development to overcome his own egocentricity, his pride.

I don't know if such egocentricity is exclusive to America, but there are definitely cultures that do not live with these expectations of a pain - free life or enthrone them.

«The claim which the Church makes for its Lord has its origin, not in any religious pride or cultural egocentricity, but in the message of the New Testament.

to whatever extent we overcome the distortions of egocentricity, this is usually by identification of ourselves with a group.

For the Hong Kong study, the researchers measured a participant's level of psychopathic tendency using a standard test known as the Psychopathic Personality Inventory, which helps identify traits such as Machiavellian egocentricity, blame externalization, carefree nonplanfulness, and cold heartnedness.

At the film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerima.

His egocentricity knows no bounds, he is a gambler and his tactics are those of self destruction.

Preschool years are a time of egocentricity and «magical» thinking — they believe their thoughts or behaviors can cause or undo the loss.

Social consequences must also be considered in effective problem solving, although egocentricity during adolescence often delays the development of this skill.

Kevin Dutton, the author, indicated that» a number of psychopathic attributes [are] actually more common in business leaders than in so - called disturbed criminals — attributes such as superficial charm, egocentricity, persuasiveness, lack of empathy, independence, and focus.