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Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.
Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922)
Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.
Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922)
The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.
Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922)
It is time that the medical and teaching profession should realize that functional neurosis is not congenital, not inborn, not hereditary, but is the result of a defective, fear-inspiring education in early child life.
Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922)
The tendency of life is not the preservation of the species, but solely the preservation of each individual organism, as long as it is in existence at all, and is able to carry on its life processes.
Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922)