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Dr. '''Morgan Scott Peck''' (22 May 1936 - 25 September 2005) was an American [[psychologist]] best known, however, as the author of the best-selling ''[[The Road Less Travelled]]''. Despite advocating responsibility, restraint and self-discipline in what has been described as "the ultimate self-help manual," which later sold over 10 million copies worldwide, he openly admitted in later works and interviews that such qualities were lacking within himself.  
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Dr. '''Morgan Scott Peck''' (22 May 1936 - 25 September 2005) was an American [[psychiatrist]] best known, however, as the author of the best-selling ''[[The Road Less Travelled]]''. Despite advocating responsibility, restraint and self-discipline in what has been described as "the ultimate self-help manual," which later sold over 10 million copies worldwide, he openly admitted in later works and interviews that such qualities were lacking within himself.  
    
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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*''Golf and the Spirit: Lessons for the Journey'' (1999)
 
*''Golf and the Spirit: Lessons for the Journey'' (1999)
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==Quotes==
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*... we do not yet have a body of [[scientific knowledge]] about human [[evil]] deserving of being called a [[psychology]]. Why not? The concept of evil has been central to religious thought for millennia. Yet it is virtually absent from our science of [[psychology]] — which one might think would be vitally concerned with the matter. (''People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil'', pp. 39–40)
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*As well as being the Father of Lies, Satan may be said to be the spirit of [[mental illness]]. In ''The Road Less Traveled'' I defined [[mental health]] as “an ongoing process of dedication to reality at all costs.” Satan is utterly dedicated to opposing that process. In fact, the best definition I have for Satan is that it is a real spirit of unreality. (''People of the Lie'', p. 207)
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==External Links==
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[http://www.mscottpeck.com/html/biography.html M Scott Peck Homepage]<br />
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==External links==
[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/oct/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Obituary in the Guardian]<br />
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* [http://www.mscottpeck.com/html/biography.html M Scott Peck Homepage]
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2005/09/28/db2801.xml Obituary in the Daily Telegraph]
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* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/oct/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries Obituary in the Guardian]
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* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2005/09/28/db2801.xml Obituary in the Daily Telegraph]
    
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