Human nature and the social order

The Meaning of these Terms and their Relation to Each Other—Individual and Social Aspects of Will or Choice—Suggestion and Choice in Children—The Scope of Suggestion Commonly Un...

The Sociability of Children—Imaginary Conversation and its Significance—The Nature of the Impulse to Communicate—There is no Separation between Real and Imaginary Persons—Nor be...

The Meaning of Sympathy as here Used—Its Relation to Thought, Sentiment, and Social Experience—The Range of Sympathy is a Measure of Personality; _e.g._, as Regards Power, Goodn...

The “Empirical Self”—“I” as a State of Feeling—Does Not Ordinarily Refer to the Body—As a Sense of Power or Causation—As a Sense of Speciality or Differentiation in a General Li...

Egotism and Selfishness—The Use of “I” in Literature and Conversation—Intense Self-feeling Necessary to Productivity—Other Phases of the Social Self—Pride versus Vanity—Self-res...

Simple or Animal Anger—Social Anger—The Function of Hostility—The Doctrine of Non-resistance—Control and Transformation of Hostility by Reason—Hostility as Pleasure or Pain—The...

Leadership Defines and Organizes Vague Tendency—Power as Based upon the Mental State of the Person Subject to It—The Mental Traits of a Leader: Significance and Breadth—Why the...

The Right as the Rational—Significance of this View—The Right as the Onward—The Right as Habit—Right is not the Social as against the Individual—It is, in a Sense, the Social as...

Is a Phase of the Question of Right and Wrong—Relation to the Idea of Development—Justification and Meaning of the Phrase “Personal Degeneracy”—Hereditary and Social Factors in...

“Society and the Individual” is really the subject of this whole book, and not merely of Chapter One. It is my general aim to set forth, from various points of view, what the in...

THE MEANING OF THESE TERMS AND THEIR RELATION TO EACH OTHER—INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF WILL OR CHOICE—SUGGESTION AND CHOICE IN CHILDREN—THE SCOPE OF SUGGESTION COMMONLY UN...

THE SOCIABILITY OF CHILDREN—IMAGINARY CONVERSATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE—THE NATURE OF THE IMPULSE TO COMMUNICATE—THERE IS NO SEPARATION BETWEEN REAL AND IMAGINARY PERSONS—NOR BE...

THE MEANING OF SYMPATHY AS HERE USED—ITS RELATION TO THOUGHT, SENTIMENT, AND SOCIAL EXPERIENCE—THE RANGE OF SYMPATHY IS A MEASURE OF PERSONALITY, _e.g._, OF POWER, OF MORAL RANK...

THE “EMPIRICAL SELF”—“I” AS A STATE OF FEELING—ITS RELATION TO THE BODY—AS A SENSE OF POWER OR CAUSATION—AS A SENSE OF SPECIALITY OR DIFFERENTIATION IN A SOCIAL LIFE—THE REFLECT...

EGOTISM AND SELFISHNESS—THE USE OF “I” IN LITERATURE AND CONVERSATION—INTENSE SELF-FEELING NECESSARY TO PRODUCTIVITY—OTHER PHASES OF THE SOCIAL SELF—PRIDE _versus_ VANITY—SELF-R...

work to which I am devoted, my religious creed, or my country. The only question is, Am I identified with it in my thought, so that to touch it is to touch me? Thus in “Middlema...

SIMPLE OR ANIMAL ANGER—SOCIAL ANGER—THE FUNCTION OF HOSTILITY—THE DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE—CONTROL AND TRANSFORMATION OF HOSTILITY BY REASON—HOSTILITY AS PLEASURE OR PAIN—THE...

Conformity may be defined as the endeavor to maintain a standard set by a group. It is a voluntary imitation of prevalent modes of action, distinguished from rivalry and other a...

LEADERSHIP DEFINES AND ORGANIZES VAGUE TENDENCY—POWER AS BASED UPON THE MENTAL STATE OF THE ONE SUBJECT TO IT—THE MENTAL TRAITS OF A LEADER: SIGNIFICANCE AND BREADTH—WHY THE FAM...

THE RIGHT AS THE RATIONAL—SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS VIEW—THE RIGHT AS THE ONWARD—THE RIGHT AS HABIT—RIGHT IS NOT THE SOCIAL AS AGAINST THE INDIVIDUAL—IT IS, IN A SENSE, THE SOCIAL AS...

classified in this way. What could be more selfish than the action of a mother who cannot refuse her child indigestible sweetmeats? She gives them both to please the child and t...

IS A PHASE OF THE QUESTION OF RIGHT AND WRONG—RELATION TO THE IDEA OF DEVELOPMENT—JUSTIFICATION AND MEANING OF THE PHRASE “PERSONAL DEGENERACY”—HEREDITARY AND SOCIAL FACTORS IN...

Goethe remarks in his Autobiography[107] that the word freedom has so fair a sound that we cannot do without it even though it designate an error. Certainly it is a word insepar...