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... thinking , he still relies upon exhorting , moralizing , and argu- ment . He has not , in fact , studied with any great perseverance the very process of thought itself , and he is only dimly aware that the discrepancy between the ...
... thinking , he still relies upon exhorting , moralizing , and argu- ment . He has not , in fact , studied with any great perseverance the very process of thought itself , and he is only dimly aware that the discrepancy between the ...
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... thinking . Consciously or unconsciously , when each individual's interaction with other individuals has to be assessed , gross mis- takes are made in each interpersonal assessment ; but gain , power , and prestige are to be had by ...
... thinking . Consciously or unconsciously , when each individual's interaction with other individuals has to be assessed , gross mis- takes are made in each interpersonal assessment ; but gain , power , and prestige are to be had by ...
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... thinking . If thinking becomes a group - supported activity , we may , like the Athenians , foregather just to think , as the Icelanders foregather to play chess , or the Germans to make music . In the long run , the use of the brain ...
... thinking . If thinking becomes a group - supported activity , we may , like the Athenians , foregather just to think , as the Icelanders foregather to play chess , or the Germans to make music . In the long run , the use of the brain ...
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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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