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Part of the quote from Wikipedia says discipline "is usually understood to be synonymous with self control". I usually think of self-discipline and self-contro

• vegedor 12y ago
  What you think is not as interesting as a precise definition, but in ignorance I'd take it. Both terms are the same thing, though, two sides of a coin, because you cannot not do something; It's imperative to do something you should do instead of doing some other thing you shouldn't, even if it is only thinking about what to else to do. Wiktionary has 4 different, partially opposing definitions at the moment[1]. So, that's really not a notable source. The etymological source on Wiktionary is not quite clear to me either, because there's no direct relation to the prefixes di- or dis-. I guess, if you are really interested, it's worthwhile to have a look at the definitions of control theory[2], where discipline would be the application of control (as in the Olympic disciplines). I never heard of self-discipline. To me it seems to be a self-contradiction, since a disciple is specifically someone who follows someone else. It works out if the followship is directed towards immaterial ideals, e.g. disciples not of teachers but teachings. [1]http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discipline http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/discipline [2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_theory