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April 02, 2007

The mind is its own place:

The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n

A quote from John Milton's Paradise Lost.

Interestingly, the idea that it's not solely events themselves that determine our emotional reaction but also how the mind makes sense of them, is a core principal of CBT or cognitive behaviour therapy.

—Vaughan.

Posted at April 2, 2007 08:00 AM

Comments

Aly Quashen says:

I dont think the quote has anything to offer to modern thinking. What it says has been reiterated time and again and so the thought has lost its uniqueness.

Comment posted at May 26, 2009 12:36 PM

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