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... curiosity motive would apparently serve , as other drives do , to determine the figure - ground relationships of perceptual patterns . Curiosity would throw some aspects of the stimulus into relief . The curi- ous mind constantly sees ...
... curiosity motive would apparently serve , as other drives do , to determine the figure - ground relationships of perceptual patterns . Curiosity would throw some aspects of the stimulus into relief . The curi- ous mind constantly sees ...
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... curiosity . ) • Relaxation Thus far , I have praised the active life of curiosity , and have not hesitated to speak of the struggle for contact with reality . But there is another approach . We of the West are prone to forget that water ...
... curiosity . ) • Relaxation Thus far , I have praised the active life of curiosity , and have not hesitated to speak of the struggle for contact with reality . But there is another approach . We of the West are prone to forget that water ...
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... curiosity rather than blind execution of routine tasks . Curiosity cannot be stifled with- out stopping the whole machine . Curiosity , however , involves more and more perception of alternatives . Unless those at the top get feedback ...
... curiosity rather than blind execution of routine tasks . Curiosity cannot be stifled with- out stopping the whole machine . Curiosity , however , involves more and more perception of alternatives . Unless those at the top get feedback ...
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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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