“I had never thought about what it might mean to be deaf, to be deprived of language, or to have a remarkable language (and community and culture) of one’s own. Up to this point, I had mostly thought and written about the problems of individuals–here I was to encounter an entire community.” MeanProblemMightCultureIndividualLanguageCommunityWrittenEncountersRemarkableDeafDeprived Author:Oliver Sacks
“Cognitive states of mind are seldom addictive, since they depend upon exploration of the world, and the individual encounter with the individual object, whose appeal is outside the subject's control. Addiction arises when the subject has full control over a pleasure and can ponder it at will. It is primarily a matter of sensory pleasure, and involves a kind of short-circuiting of the pleasure network. Addiction is characterized by a loss of the emotional dynamic that would otherwise govern an outward-directed, cognitively creative life.” WorldMindKindMatterStatesIndividualLossPleasureCreativeSubjectsObjectsEmotionalDependsAddictionAriseAppealsEncountersExplorationState Of MindPonderingCognitiveSensoryCreative Life Author:Roger Scruton
“In addition to the social pressures from the scientific community there is also at work a very human trait of individual scientist. I call it the law of the instrument , and it may be formulated as follows: Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. It comes as no particular surprise to discover that a scientist formulates problems in a way which requires for their solution just those techniques in which he himself is especially skilled.” WayNeedsGivingHumansMayProblemLawIndividualSocialCommunityBoysParticularSolutionsScientistPressureInstrumentsSurpriseTechniqueEncountersTraitsHammersSocial Pressure Book:The Conduct of Inquiry: Methodology for Behavioural Science Source: The Conduct of Inquiry: Methodology for Behavioural Science
“No matter what an individual decides to become, hard work and determination is very important in today's competitive world. You may also encounter hardships along the way, but you must not get discouraged and you push on in order to fulfill your goals.” WorldWayMayImportantMatterHardTodayOrderIndividualGoalHard WorkDeterminationNo Matter WhatEncountersHardshipDiscouragedHard Work And Determination Author:Tom Monaghan
“There are self-awareness groups, to help you discover who you really are ... encounter groups, to help you deal with who you really are ... assertiveness training groups to help you stand up for who you really are ... Suddenly, the only way to become an individual is to join a group.” WaySelfHelpingIndividualDealsGroupsAwarenessTrainingSelf AwarenessEncountersAssertiveness Author:Cathy Guisewite
“Individuals approaching death often experience encounters with their dead relatives, who seem to welcome them to the next world. These deathbed visions are authentic and convincing; they are often followed by a state of euphoria and seem to ease the transition.” WorldStatesSeemsNextIndividualVisionWelcomeEaseEncountersTransitionConvincingDeathbedEuphoriaApproaching Death Author:Stanislav Grof
“Many cognitive psychologists see the brain as a computer. But every single brain is absolutely individual, both in its development and in the way it encounters the world.” WorldWayIndividualBrainDevelopmentComputerEncountersPsychologistCognitive Author:Gerald Edelman