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The Development of Defense Mechanisms: Theory, Research, and Assessment
Phebe Cramer
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Paperback. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 539.
The idea that the human mind-that faculty of the intellect which we use to define and discern the truth-might also be used to deceive itself is not new. The classic orator Demosthenes warned of this possibility in 349 B.C. when he wrote that "Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self; what a man wishes he generally believes to be true." 1 Even Jean Jacques Rousseau, who suggested the possibility of man as "noble savage," alerts us to this paradox, when he writes "Jamais fa nature ne nous trompe; c'est toujours nous qui nous trompons" ("Nature never deceives us; ... Read more
The idea that the human mind-that faculty of the intellect which we use to define and discern the truth-might also be used to deceive itself is not new. The classic orator Demosthenes warned of this possibility in 349 B.C. when he wrote that "Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self; what a man wishes he generally believes to be true." 1 Even Jean Jacques Rousseau, who suggested the possibility of man as "noble savage," alerts us to this paradox, when he writes "Jamais fa nature ne nous trompe; c'est toujours nous qui nous trompons" ("Nature never deceives us; ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461390275
SKU
V9781461390275
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