4 Posts found for Author: Amelie Rorty

The quality of an individual self is determined by his qualities: they are his capital, to invest well or foolishly.

Author: Amelie Rorty | Subjects: Life & Society, Personal Improvement

When a society has changed so that individuals acquire their rights by virtue of their powers, rather than having their powers defined by their rights, the concept of person has been transformed to a concept of self.

Author: Amelie Rorty | Subjects: Concepts, Freedom | Liberty, Life & Society, Politics & Public Policy, Power

To know what sort of character a person is, is to know what sort of life is best suited to bring out his potentialities and functions […] Not all characters are suited to the same sorts of lives: there is no ideal type for them all […] If one tries to force the life of a bargainer on the character of a philosopher, one is … [ Read more ]

Author: Amelie Rorty | Subjects: Character, Life & Society, Personal Improvement, Psychology | Behavior

In the variedly stimulating 1976 volume The Identities of Persons, philosopher Amelie Rorty considers the seven layers of personhood, rooted in literature but extensible to life.

Authors: Amelie Rorty, Maria Popova | Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings) (March 2, 2016) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Excerpts, Literature | Arts, Psychology | Behavior