Topic

guilt

3 essays on guilt from the Consilium journal. Featuring Marcus Aurelius, Fritz Perls, Virginia Woolf. Each pits three thinkers against one hard question.


Loss

What Do You Do When You Can't Stop Blaming Yourself for Something You Can't Change?

Aurelius says what's past is past; decide what reason requires now. Perls says the guilt lives in the present tense. Woolf says what happened lives in you differently than you think.

Marcus AureliusFritz PerlsVirginia Woolfguiltself-forgiveness

Relationships

What Do You Do When You've Hurt Someone You Love?

Three thinkers on guilt and repair. Rogers says the apology is not the repair. Dostoevsky knows the underground of your own justifications. Klein says the impulse to repair is already love.

Carl RogersFyodor DostoevskyMelanie Kleinguiltrepair

Loss

Is It Selfish to Be Happy After Loss?

Three thinkers on guilt after grief. Vonnegut says enjoy the moment. Al-Ghazali says gratitude is worship. Beck says guilt is a thinking error, not a feeling.

Kurt VonnegutAl-GhazaliAaron Beckgriefguilt

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Aaron Beck Al-Ghazali Carl Rogers Fritz Perls Fyodor Dostoevsky Kurt Vonnegut Marcus Aurelius Melanie Klein Virginia Woolf grief repair self-forgiveness

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