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The Psychology of Suggestion
Seller: Rosario Beach Rare Books, Lake Stevens, WA, U.S.A.
Association Member: CBA ESA IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. **Veteran-Owned, Family-Run, Small Business in the Pacific Northwest**.
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Condition: New.
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The Animate and the Inanimate (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Bigfontbooks 10/25/2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1963956001 ISBN 13: 9781963956009
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Animate and the Inanimate. Book.
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Paperback. Condition: New.
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Condition: New.
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Philistine and genius: New Edition in Large Print (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Alicia Editions 6/19/2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 2384551515 ISBN 13: 9782384551514
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Philistine and genius: New Edition in Large Print. Book.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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The Animate and the Inanimate
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Condition: Fine.
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Condition: New.
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The Animate and the Inanimate
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Sidis entertains the idea that life originated on Earth from asteroids (as put forth by Lord Kelvin and Hermann von Helmholtz) while describing his theory as a synthesis of the mechanical and vitalist life models. Sidis also claims that stars are "alive" and go through an eternally repeating light-dark cycle, with the second law reversing in the dark portion of the cycle. Sidis' theory was dismissed upon release, only to be discovered in an attic in 1979. Buckminster Fuller (a Sidis classmate) wrote to Gerard Piel in response to this discovery: Imagine my surprise and delight when I was handed a xerox of Sidis' 1925 book, in which he predicted the black hole. His book, The Animate and the Inanimate is a tremendous cosmological work. I find him focusing on the same topics that fascinate me and reaching roughly the same conclusions that I have published in SYNERGETICS and will publish in SYNERGETICS Volume II, which has already gone to press. As a Harvard man of a later generation, I hope you are as excited as I am that Sidis went on to do the most magnificent thinking and writing after college.This is one of the few works by Sidis that was not written under a pen name. In The Animate and the Inanimate, Sidis says that the universe is endless and has parts where the laws of physics are backward, called "negative tendencies." Following these are sections where the laws of physics are forward-looking, known as "positive tendencies," which change over time. He claims there was no "origin of life"; life has always existed and only evolved. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "The character of a nation is moulded by the nature of its education"Towards the end of the nineteenth and at the beginning of the twentieth century there took place a vast accumulation of wealth, due to a rapid development of science and practical arts. However, we have not yet learned how to properly utilize this wealth. Our young generation is trained by fear into discipline and obedience. We suppress the genius in the child, raise mediocrity, and cultivate the philistine.This is the land of Philistinism, a land where all human, humane interests, independent thought, and courageous action are wanting. Philistines are uncritical, unconscious of defects and faults, living in the mire of self-contented stupidity and mediocrity.The evolution of the philistine is the involution of genius. Philistinism is social decay. What you want is not the training of philistines, but the education of genius._____Boris Sidis was a brillant psychologist and philosopher of education. He was also the father of the father of William James Sidis, a child prodigy with exceptional mathematical and linguistic skills.This large Print edition, with its clear and easily readable text, ensures optimal accessibility and a comfortable reading experience for all. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Sidis Psychotherapeutic Institute: Maplewood Farms, Portsmouth, N.H (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 9/9/2021, 2021
ISBN 10: 1014895995 ISBN 13: 9781014895998
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Sidis Psychotherapeutic Institute: Maplewood Farms, Portsmouth, N.H. Book.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Condition: New.
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Condition: New.
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The Source and Aim of Human Progress
Language: English
Published by Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1290969671 ISBN 13: 9781290969673
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Condition: New.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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The Source and Aim of Human Progress
Published by Richard Badger
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Former Library book. Paperback rebound in hardcover. Writing inside. (psychology).
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Philistine and genius
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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An Experimental Study of Sleep (From the Physiological Laboratory of the Harvard Medical School and from Sidis Laboratory)
Language: English
Published by Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1313626147 ISBN 13: 9781313626149
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Philistine and Genius
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Condition: New.
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An Experimental Study of Sleep (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Legare Street Press 7/18/2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1021965111 ISBN 13: 9781021965110
Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. An Experimental Study of Sleep. Book.
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The Source and Aim of Human Progress
Language: English
Published by Hardpress Publishing, 2013
ISBN 10: 1290969671 ISBN 13: 9781290969673
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
