PREJUDICED BELIEFS
“All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.” Alexander Pope
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slow down and REFLECT
on the MEANING and the MESSAGE of today’s quotation
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From your own personal experiences or observations of others, what, in general, is the most prominent form of prejudice in today’s society?
Have you personally ever been the object of prejudice or observed it in terms of a person you know. If so, what was the situation, and the basis of this prejudice?
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.” (John Stuart Mill)
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice.” Arthur Schopenhauer
“A prejudice, unlike a simple misconception, is actively resistant to all evidence that would unseat it.” Gordon W. Allport
“It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.” Henry A. Wallace
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INTERPRETATION of TODAY’S QUOTE
Interested in seeing what artificial intelligence (ai) has to say about the meaning of today’s quotation? Compare it to your own interpretation. You may be fascinated, or even possibly humbled.
“All looks yellow to a jaundiced eye.” Alexander Pope
“This quote by Alexander Pope suggests that a person’s perception is influenced by their state of mind or health. Just as someone with jaundice sees everything with a yellow tint, people with biases or negative emotions might view situations or people in a distorted, unfavorable way. It emphasizes the idea that our inner state can color our external experiences and judgments.” (ChatGPT)
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