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Self-direction   /sɛlf-dərˈɛkʃən/   Listen
Self-direction

noun
1.
Personal independence.  Synonyms: autonomy, self-reliance, self-sufficiency.





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"Self-direction" Quotes from Famous Books



... of a kind to reconcile me. The Philosophy of Kant, which exalts the dignity of mind so highly, while appearing to restrict it, Schiller had joyfully embraced: it unfolded the extraordinary qualities which Nature had implanted in him; and in the lively feeling of freedom and self-direction, he showed himself unthankful to the Great Mother, who surely had not acted like a step-dame towards him. Instead of viewing her as self-subsisting, as producing with a living force, and according to appointed ...
— The Life of Friedrich Schiller - Comprehending an Examination of His Works • Thomas Carlyle
 
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... self-direction II. Varieties of change III. Accidental change IV. Destructive change V. Transforming change VI. Development VII. Self-development VIII. Method of self-development IX. Test of self-development X. Actual extent ...
— The Nature of Goodness • George Herbert Palmer
 
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... as of chattel character. Its use and control, however, were hedged about with various restraints and obligations. In some states masters were forbidden to hire slaves to themselves or to leave them in any unusual way to their self-direction; and everywhere they were required to maintain their slaves in full sustenance whether young or old, able-bodied or incapacitated. The manumission of the disabled was on grounds of public thrift nowhere permitted unless accompanied with ...
— American Negro Slavery - A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime • Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
 
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Words linked to "Self-direction" :   independency, autonomy, independence, self-sufficiency



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