Human Potentialities: The Challenge and the PromiseHerbert Arthur Otto The first six papers in this collection were originally presented at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting in 1966 in New York City, as a part of a symposium of the same name (Human Potentialities: The Challenge and the Promise). The six symposium members made some changes and additions in their presentations. The additional papers are also original contributions by scientists and pioneers in the forefront of that growing edge, called the human potentialities movement. |
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... Instinctual gratification is the source of pleasure , and pleasure is the motivation for effort . Every restriction upon instinctual gratification implies some sacrifice of pleasure and therefore undermines the impetus to grow and ...
... Instinctual gratification is the source of pleasure , and pleasure is the motivation for effort . Every restriction upon instinctual gratification implies some sacrifice of pleasure and therefore undermines the impetus to grow and ...
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... reward . Similarly , too small an investment in the ego and its functions stunts the growth of the individual . Ob- viously , a balance must be maintained between an individual's need for pleasure or immediate instinctual gratification ...
... reward . Similarly , too small an investment in the ego and its functions stunts the growth of the individual . Ob- viously , a balance must be maintained between an individual's need for pleasure or immediate instinctual gratification ...
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... instinctual gratification has provided sufficient pleasure to permit the postponement of immediate satisfaction . If we accept a person's right to in- stinctual gratification , we must accept his need to express himself physically . If ...
... instinctual gratification has provided sufficient pleasure to permit the postponement of immediate satisfaction . If we accept a person's right to in- stinctual gratification , we must accept his need to express himself physically . If ...
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
TWO THE UNFOLDING IMAGES OF | 12 |
Three CULTURE AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL | 21 |
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