Self-Control and How to Secure It

by Paul Charles Dubois, Harry Hutcheson Boyd

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348 pages, Paperback

First published June 5, 2013

About the author

Paul Charles Dubois (1848–1918) was a Swiss psychiatrist. Dubois is known for the introduction of "persuasion therapy", a process that employed a rational approach for treatment of neurotic disorders. Within this discipline, he developed a psychotherapeutic methodology that was a form of Socratic dialogue, using the doctor-patient relationship as a means to persuade the patient to change his/her behavior. He believed it was necessary to appeal to a patient's intellect and reason in order to eliminate negative and self-destructive habits. He also maintained it was necessary for the physician to convince the patient of the irrationality of their own neurotic feelings and thought processes.

Reviews

[Sergey Dudko]

People don't take the right decisions as they lack a moral education
People want to achieve happiness but don't know how
To become happy, we must educate ourselves, learn how to think
People do not control their thoughts but rather assist them to flow erratically
Consciousness is the product of education
What we need is not the will but intelligence. We can achieve intelligence by self-education
The ideal that guides us should be very high, like a start, difficult to reach
Duty however hard it may be must be accomplished joyfully
Practice reason like an applied science
Constantly think: before acting, while acting, after acting