Faculty of Psychology and Speech Therapy, Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatments, University of Valencia, Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21, 46010, Valencia, Spain.
J Relig Health. 2022 Aug;61(4):3363-3383. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01605-6. Epub 2022 Jul 5.
The Viennese psychiatrist Rudolf Allers was one of the principal authors that studied character and contributed to understanding its development and education, including the neurotic character. His psychological observations were based on his own clinical experience, his individual psychology, phenomenological and existential philosophies, and, above all, the doctrine of the Fathers of the Catholic Church and Thomas Aquinas. This paper presents Allers's main ideas about self-improvement as a process of personal changing toward self-perfection, that is, toward the best version of oneself. For Allers, self-perfection implies the modification of insane aspects of character such as egocentricity, pride, and untidy love for oneself, which are the most important impediments to self-improvement.
维也纳精神病学家鲁道夫·阿勒斯是研究性格并为理解其发展和教育做出贡献的主要作者之一，包括神经质性格。他的心理观察基于他自己的临床经验、个体心理学、现象学和存在主义哲学，以及最重要的是天主教会和托马斯·阿奎那的教义。本文介绍了阿勒斯关于自我完善的主要思想，即个人朝着自我完善、即朝着最好的自我方向转变的过程。对阿勒斯来说，自我完善意味着修正性格中疯狂的方面，如自我中心、骄傲和对自己的不整洁的爱，这些都是自我完善的最大障碍。
