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... capacity for dealing with the imagined environ- ment . Such capacities imply new motives . The capacity to deal with a complex world of here and there , and with past , present , and future , the capacity to deal with abstractions which ...
... capacity for dealing with the imagined environ- ment . Such capacities imply new motives . The capacity to deal with a complex world of here and there , and with past , present , and future , the capacity to deal with abstractions which ...
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... capacity to form associations , the capacity to chan- nel the drives in specific directions , and the capacity for organiza- tion , as we shall see in detail in Chapters 5-9 . This view of human nature is so simplified as to be an ...
... capacity to form associations , the capacity to chan- nel the drives in specific directions , and the capacity for organiza- tion , as we shall see in detail in Chapters 5-9 . This view of human nature is so simplified as to be an ...
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... capacity to think abstractly , to grasp that what is true of four apples and three apples is also true of four pears and three pears . Fourth , the capacity to invest feeling in specific objects ( a process to which we shall give much ...
... capacity to think abstractly , to grasp that what is true of four apples and three apples is also true of four pears and three pears . Fourth , the capacity to invest feeling in specific objects ( a process to which we shall give much ...
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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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