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Page 202
... personality , too , for only the king was endowed with all the attributes of personality , both those incorporated in the communal group and those that , precisely at this period , it would seem , were slowly beginning to emerge in the ...
... personality , too , for only the king was endowed with all the attributes of personality , both those incorporated in the communal group and those that , precisely at this period , it would seem , were slowly beginning to emerge in the ...
Page 258
... personality , around which they revolve . This revolt began in the mind , and it proceeded quietly to deny the ... personality sprang up and fathered a succession of similar personalities . This was a popular movement , not an upper ...
... personality , around which they revolve . This revolt began in the mind , and it proceeded quietly to deny the ... personality sprang up and fathered a succession of similar personalities . This was a popular movement , not an upper ...
Page 260
... personality as a model for imitation . For Confucius , one of the most influential of these new prophets , only those who sought to perfect the personality , with the aid of music , ritual , and learning , could be called ' complete men ...
... personality as a model for imitation . For Confucius , one of the most influential of these new prophets , only those who sought to perfect the personality , with the aid of music , ritual , and learning , could be called ' complete men ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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