Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates is a book written by Tom Robbins, is a story about an ex-CIA agent named Switters. The book follows him as he tries to navigate through his life with a taboo that prevents him from touching the ground. Switter and his Maestra, grandma, have a developed theory that there are six attributes that contribute to wisdom. The attributes are: humor, spirituality, aesthetics, rebelliousness, imagination, and eroticism. Although some attributes may or may not play a role in wisdom, they do relate to his writing style. I agree with Tom Robbins and Switters that these attributes are composed within wisdom. In my opinion, the ultimate goal in life is wisdom, but also good judgement is needed to reach wisdom. Tom
A virtuous person is guided through other's experience which will help lead to success. In order to maintain success, a successful person began to lead to virtue to have. strong morals and integrity. "Four in ten Americans deemed honesty to be the most important quality for a child to learn" [and] "2 percent "[that believes} "try hard to succeed"(Hochschild 24). When one has boundaries to respect him or herself and can trust or be trusted by others it shows love and connection. The 4th tenet makes up on of the most important aspects of the dream contentment.
Thomas Eugene Robbins is the well known and ingenious author of Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates. He was born in 1932, however, he didn’t write his first novel until 1967. When he was twenty one, Robbins enlisted in the Air Force, and for a year, he worked as a meteorologist in Korea and spent the following two years in Nebraska serving in the Special Weather Intelligence unit of the Strategic Air Command. Unlike Edward Abbey, Robbins spent the majority of his time with other people, although, he did do a bit of traveling across the U.S. Tom Robbins’s Fierce Invalids was published seventeen years ago in 2000. This novel follows one distinctly main character by the name of Switters. Throughout
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What are the four necessary qualities of a good behavioral measure? Name and describe each. (2 points)
The Hot House Life inside Leavenworth prison was writing in 1987-1989 by Peter Earley. Leavenworth has been one of the oldest and most dangerous maximum security facilities in the nation. The author introduces us with 6 prisoners and a couple of wardens. The book captures all the problems prisoners came across and experiences they had to go through.
Smart people can categorize their strengths and weakness giving them the opportunity to leverage those strengths and weaknesses. Successful and intelligent people have the ability to evaluate, and analyze their abilities. This is different compared to Spearman's g factor because it elaborates how intelligent people can be successful and excel in life (Nevid, 2015).
This extensive perception of virtue may include such precise virtue as courage, wisdom, or moderation, but it should be possible to offer a perfectly general description of virtue as a whole, the skill or ability to be fully human. It is impossible for each human being to have the same virtue because everyone created unequally.
“enhancing self-awareness, recognizing values of ‘congruence, unconditional positive regard, and empathic understanding’, self-responsibility, understanding one’s feelings, awareness of one’s own perspective, being open to experience, being rational, living a fuller life, positive life-direction, acceptance of one’s and other’s uniqueness, prizing one and others, and living a moral and ethical life” (pg. 343).
* The characteristics of people included trustworthiness, reliability and constructiveness. The core of every human being is positive. Unfavourable characteristics arise out of defensiveness due to internal imbalances, low self esteem and fear.
his sense of duty. He realizes the his decision must be based on the best
The most common individualistic abilities sought after in the market include intelligence, charisma, personality and physical agility. An example of an individualistic attribute in use is intelligence, in the modern market, IQ tests used in measuring a person’s intelligence directly reflects on the earning capability of that person. A person with a very high intelligence quotient is likely to end up making more money in the job market as opposed to a person with a poor intelligence quotient.
Character is the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual, though morality is subjective, in today’s society it is predominantly agreed upon that someone who is of good character has certain qualities that contribute to their decision making, trustworthiness, and intelligence. I previously mentioned prudence, which is the ability to govern oneself by the use of reason to make good judgements that allow you to avoid troublesome situations, which allows one to face the adversities of life while only encountering necessary risks. This is the ultimate show of genuine character, those who can judge for themselves and aren’t afraid to admit their faults, or
The next set of traits is sensing and intuitive. These types refer to the way a person interprets information (Basics). A person with a
Good character/characteristics also show leadership and value. Not only to the people around you, but to the marketplace (where you work).
Intelligence, wit, judgment, and the other talents of the mind, however they may be named, or courage, resolution, perseverance, as qualities of temperament, are undoubtedly good and desirable in many respects; but these gifts of nature may also become extremely bad and mischievous if the will which is to make use of them, and which, therefore, constitutes what is called character, is not good.