Add to ORKGIdeals are mental images of perfection. The ideal world is a perfect world, the ideal person a perfect person, and the ideal athlete a perfect athlete. Ideals are unattainable goals, pointing directions and beckoning us onward. As Tryon Edwards has said: "We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things."
Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, ...
Two examples highlight the distinction that the sports philosopher David Best made in Philosophy and...
The aim of this thesis is to shed light on important aspects of the role ideals play in practical r...
A key goal in the Olympic value system of Olympism is the all-round cultivation of the individual. A...
Ethical theories in sport philosophy tend to focus on interpersonal relations. Little has been said ...
If what can be described as “ideal” in relation to art may be somewhat abstract, then in this articl...
Despite considerable progress on the scientific understanding of perfectionism in the last 30 years,...
Well could we shout: Gold for the victor; Zanes for scoundrels! Human beings are capable of the most...
Researchers have examined perfectionism in sport and exercise psychology for nearly 30 years. Over t...
This chapter explains how the personality characteristic of perfectionism influences the thoughts, f...
Editorial: The Olympic Games creates an unparalleled opportunity to promote sport and a healthy life...
“There’s nothing towinning, really, ” saidAlfredHitch-cock. “That is, if you happen to be blessed wi...
There is perhaps no greater embodiment of the mythical quality of sport to uplift, inspire and lead ...
The majority of – usually moral – problems inherent in elite sport, such as whether athletes should ...
When coaches watch our athletes in the Olympic Games competing as the best in the world, we fill wit...
Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, ...
Two examples highlight the distinction that the sports philosopher David Best made in Philosophy and...
The aim of this thesis is to shed light on important aspects of the role ideals play in practical r...
A key goal in the Olympic value system of Olympism is the all-round cultivation of the individual. A...
Ethical theories in sport philosophy tend to focus on interpersonal relations. Little has been said ...
If what can be described as “ideal” in relation to art may be somewhat abstract, then in this articl...
Despite considerable progress on the scientific understanding of perfectionism in the last 30 years,...
Well could we shout: Gold for the victor; Zanes for scoundrels! Human beings are capable of the most...
Researchers have examined perfectionism in sport and exercise psychology for nearly 30 years. Over t...
This chapter explains how the personality characteristic of perfectionism influences the thoughts, f...
Editorial: The Olympic Games creates an unparalleled opportunity to promote sport and a healthy life...
“There’s nothing towinning, really, ” saidAlfredHitch-cock. “That is, if you happen to be blessed wi...
There is perhaps no greater embodiment of the mythical quality of sport to uplift, inspire and lead ...
The majority of – usually moral – problems inherent in elite sport, such as whether athletes should ...
When coaches watch our athletes in the Olympic Games competing as the best in the world, we fill wit...
Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, ...
Two examples highlight the distinction that the sports philosopher David Best made in Philosophy and...
The aim of this thesis is to shed light on important aspects of the role ideals play in practical r...