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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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The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.
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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.
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Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.
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Boris Sidis
Born:
October 12, 1867
Died:
October 24, 1923
(aged 56)
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