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... biological individuality . ” There are , then , two broad principles defining the first human nature , one of which has to do with the general biochemical and nervous organization of human beings as such , their ways of knowing , of ...
... biological individuality . ” There are , then , two broad principles defining the first human nature , one of which has to do with the general biochemical and nervous organization of human beings as such , their ways of knowing , of ...
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... biological trends are set going which fulfill themselves insofar as the social environ- ments permit . He may , by taking thought , further the biological trends , making the human stock fit for a new world ; but some biological change ...
... biological trends are set going which fulfill themselves insofar as the social environ- ments permit . He may , by taking thought , further the biological trends , making the human stock fit for a new world ; but some biological change ...
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... biology dances or hobbles as best it may . At first sight , this may mean that biological extrapolation is even more difficult than cultural , but this does not really follow . For biological change ( except insofar as it may be ...
... biology dances or hobbles as best it may . At first sight , this may mean that biological extrapolation is even more difficult than cultural , but this does not really follow . For biological change ( except insofar as it may be ...
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Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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