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Science is the description of phenomena and the formulation of their relations.

— Boris Sidis The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology (1914)

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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.

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Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.

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The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

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The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.

Multiple Personality: an Experimental Investigation into Human Individuality (1904)

Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.

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