Thursday, June 4, 2009

Albert Ellis, like Epicurus

Albert Ellis, like Epicurus, asserts that our judgements about pain are often far more painful than the pain itself. For Ellis, it is the belief that the pain or setback is "awful" and "unbearable" that creates the real human misery. The pain itself, no matter how bad, generally pales in comparison to the distress caused by these judgements.

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