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... human spirit , catering to man's wish for overdependence on things and persons other than himself . In Nietzsche's critique it fosters man's weakness ; in Freud's , it is a symptom of " the lingering immaturity of the human race . " It ...
... human spirit , catering to man's wish for overdependence on things and persons other than himself . In Nietzsche's critique it fosters man's weakness ; in Freud's , it is a symptom of " the lingering immaturity of the human race . " It ...
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... human experience , for current theories of perception are agreed that man's experience , far from mirroring adequately the natural order , is more rightly considered a construction in which the human perceptual apparatus selects a ...
... human experience , for current theories of perception are agreed that man's experience , far from mirroring adequately the natural order , is more rightly considered a construction in which the human perceptual apparatus selects a ...
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... human living . This provincialism is grounded in three powerful human weaknesses - laziness , fear , and pride . Laziness is involved because of the difficulty of working one's way into a new point of view ; to do so taxes both the ...
... human living . This provincialism is grounded in three powerful human weaknesses - laziness , fear , and pride . Laziness is involved because of the difficulty of working one's way into a new point of view ; to do so taxes both the ...
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PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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