The liberative model of adult psychological development is "defined by an increasing freedom from biological and social determinism" and seems to offer "the greatest promise for a universal theory of adult development. ... (It is) guided by an overarching developmental perspective that features conscious development as an explanation for behavioral change."
The inevitability of age-related "declines has been greatly exaggerated. ... Different wisdom traditions, including western Platonism and eastern Taoism, place self-knowledge at the center of adult development."
Levenson MR, Crumpler CA. Three models of adult development. Human Development 1996; 39: 135-149.
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” Henry David Thoreau
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” Henry David Thoreau
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