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The generalization goes much further; in an era that is really generous and open
toward a reconsideration of all fundamentals, as was the Periclean age in Athens
, or the Romantic era in early nineteenth-century Germany, each area of inquiry ...
The generalization goes much further; in an era that is really generous and open
toward a reconsideration of all fundamentals, as was the Periclean age in Athens
, or the Romantic era in early nineteenth-century Germany, each area of inquiry ...
Page 144
sciences, the biological sciences, the social sciences, this type of acceleration
can be well documented from at least the sixteenth century onward. But with
respect to creativeness in the arts we see not only a broad trend over centuries, ...
sciences, the biological sciences, the social sciences, this type of acceleration
can be well documented from at least the sixteenth century onward. But with
respect to creativeness in the arts we see not only a broad trend over centuries, ...
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... stature of sons and daughters over their fathers and mothers has been
occurring within this century, and it is entirely possible, as there is much indirect
evidence to suggest, that the sons and daughters are likewise brighter than their
parents.
... stature of sons and daughters over their fathers and mothers has been
occurring within this century, and it is entirely possible, as there is much indirect
evidence to suggest, that the sons and daughters are likewise brighter than their
parents.
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Contents
Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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| Title | Human Potentialities |
| Author | Gardner Murphy |
| Publisher | Geoge Allen & Unwin, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 340 pages |
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