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... line of ascent , however steep we make it . The method of extrapolation by which we undertake to say that we shall have more and more of whatever has already manifested itself comes to grief as we view the dramatic transformations , the ...
... line of ascent , however steep we make it . The method of extrapolation by which we undertake to say that we shall have more and more of whatever has already manifested itself comes to grief as we view the dramatic transformations , the ...
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... is superposed a system of attributes formed through the simian line and upon the enormously rich gifts of sheer cognitive intensity and plasticity from which inevitably follows a high degree of Man as an Animal ::: 37.
... is superposed a system of attributes formed through the simian line and upon the enormously rich gifts of sheer cognitive intensity and plasticity from which inevitably follows a high degree of Man as an Animal ::: 37.
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... lines , marriage across ethnic lines , and so on , some effects can be ob served within relatively few generations . Here we are dealing no longer with Utopian possibilities , with strange and adventuresome brave new worlds , or with ...
... lines , marriage across ethnic lines , and so on , some effects can be ob served within relatively few generations . Here we are dealing no longer with Utopian possibilities , with strange and adventuresome brave new worlds , or with ...
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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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achieve activity adaptive radiation appear arts aspects association psychology autisms basic become biological C. D. Broad canalization capacity cathexis century changes complex conception cosmic craving creative cultural curiosity depend discovered discovery drives emergence environment evolution example existence experience fact factors freedom fulfillment genes genetic give given goals Gordon Allport hard determinism herent homogamy human potentialities hypnosis ideas impulse individual integration intellectual interaction invention involved James Harvey Robinson Julian Huxley kind Kurt Lewin learning living man's mankind means ment mind modes mold move organization patterns period person physical possible principle problem psychoanalysis psychology reality relation response rhythms rigid satisfactions scientific sense sensitive sensory sheer simian social society specific structure things thinking thought three human natures tion tive trends tural ture types understanding World War II