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The affirmation of dignity is equally important: There’s a difference between inclusion and pity. The sinners damned to eternal torment in Dante’s Inferno thank the narrator for his pity. He swoons at their agony, but his intensity of feeling does nothing to change their position, which is structurally inferior. They are trapped in hell and he can leave for heaven. A demand for inclusion, on the other hand, is a claim to joint-ownership on the basis of equal dignity: I am just as worthy of heaven as you.
How to Build a Society for All to Enjoy - Issue 107
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Seneca’s point is more subtle. It is no less unreasonable to accept something as necessary when it isn’t as to rebel against something when it is. We can as easily go astray by accepting the unnecessary and denying the possible, as by denying the necessary and wishing for the impossible. It is for reason to make the distinction.
The Consolations of Philosophy
Alain De Botton
There are hundreds of ways to use the ACE formula. And keep in mind, you don’t have to stick to the sequence above: Acknowledge → Connect → Engage. Some people find it works better to first Connect with their body, and then to Acknowledge what’s going on inside, and then to Engage in what they’re doing.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
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