Talk:Albert Ellis

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Add Career as sexologist (The Art and Science of Love and Sex Without Guilt) Ellis's influence on Sexual Revolution Influences on Ellis: Stoicism, Epicureanism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Karl Popper, John Dewey, Bertrand Russell, Alfred Korzybski Ellis's explusion from the Albert Ellis Institute and subsequent controversy "Awfulizing," "musterbation," etc. Public debate with Nathaniel Branden leading to criticism of Objectivism and Ayn Rand in his 1968 book Is Objectivism a Religion?. Fix typos (long string of gibberish characters) and repeated lines in "Early Life" section.
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The body of this article was inserted by with the permission of Drs. Mike Abrams, Lidia Abrams, and Albert Ellis who certify that they are the authors of the content on http://www.rebt.ws/ from which this material was first published. We also release the content of this material into the public domain.

• The article was in desperate need of copy-editing for clarity and brevity. I have endeavored to improve its style, while leaving almost all original information intact. I removed a few statements that were unnecessarily POV, and added a few references and links to improve its suitability for Wikipedia. —Aetheling 16:49, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Albert Ellis and Religion

I have removed the line, "Ellis may be as famous–or infamous–for his vigorous atheism as for his development of REBT," as this is a considerable exaggeration. Atheism is only one part of Ellis' philosophy, and this hardly compares to the development of REBT in terms of noteworthiness.24.6.7.233 05:05, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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For what it's worth, this reader finds the section on Ellis and religion very well handled in its current state. (I'm speaking as someone who knew nothing of Ellis before reading the article.) The article is very nicely written, imo. Thanks to all.

[edit] Start classification

This article has been classified as a start due to its level of organisation and detail. I have removed an unreferenced tag given that there are now references. However, sourcing could be improved for the article. Capitalistroadster 06:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)