Boris Sidis Quote

Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.


p. 311 - Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure (1922)


Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.

Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.

Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.

Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.