This study examines how the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how it was not normally expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, and how it …
No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquityis the first sustained study examining the circumstances under which the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. Despite a still-common notion that remorse is a modern, monotheistic emotion, it argu…
Two soldiers travel across Italy at the height of summer: one is blind, graceful, gleefully vicious and wears a prosthetic arm; the other, 20 years his junior, is his guide. But as the men drink their way through the bars and brothels of Genoa, Rome and Naples, just who is guidi…
Two soldiers travel across Italy at the height of summer, passing through Genoa, Rome and Naples. One of the soldiers is blind, graceful, gleefully vicious and wears a prosthetic arm; the other, twenty years his junior, is his guide.
Why do we have regrets--and what can we do about it?We all want to live a life without regrets. Whenever we do something we wish we hadn't--or don't do something we wish we had--we vow it won't happen again. But why do we have regrets in the first place? Because we become prison…
Why do we have regrets--and what can we do about it?We all want to live a life without regrets. Whenever we do something we wish we hadn't--or don't do something we wish we had--we vow it won't happen again. But why do we have regrets in the first place? Because we become prison…
30 ways to greater happiness and meaning in your life.
Because we become prisoners of habit and circumstance, we take people in our lives for granted and fail to be true to ourselves. We stop growing and learning, become self-absorbed and judgmental, and lose touch with our innate goodness. Inspired by his final conversation with a …
Why do we have regrets--and what can we do about it?We all want to live a life without regrets. Whenever we do something we wish we hadn't--or don't do something we wish we had--we vow it won't happen again. But why do we have regrets in the first place? Because we become prison…
Regret: developmental, cultural, and clinical realms
Regret: developmental, cultural, and clinical realms