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Excerpt from Social Process
When we speak of human life we are apt to assume that the existing tendency is some conscious purpose, and that whatever goes to realize this is working, and every thing else is failure to work. In other words, we make the whole matter voluntary and utilitarian. This is an inadequate and for the most part a wrong conception of the case. The working of a man, or of any other human whole, in a given situation is much more nearly analogous to that of the vine than we perceive. Although conscious purpose may play a central part in it, there is also a whole organism'' of tendencies that feel their way about in the situation, reacting in a complex and mainly unconscious way. To put it shortly, it is a man''s character that works, and of this definite purpose may or may not be a part.
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When we speak of human life we are apt to assume that the existing tendency is some conscious purpose, and that whatever goes to realize this is working, and every thing else is failure to work. In other words, we make the whole matter voluntary and utilitarian. This is an inadequate and for the most part a wrong conception of the case. The working of a man, or of any other human whole, in a given situation is much more nearly analogous to that of the vine than we perceive. Although conscious purpose may play a central part in it, there is also a whole organism'' of tendencies that feel their way about in the situation, reacting in a complex and mainly unconscious way. To put it shortly, it is a man''s character that works, and of this definite purpose may or may not be a part.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Charles Horton Cooley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781527948181
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm
Page Count - 436
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Contributors
Author
Charles Horton Cooley
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330297902
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 438
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