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Boris Sidis. Self, Preservation, Aim. "Nervous Ills their Cause and Cure" by Boris Sidis, (p. 20), 1922. 5 Copy quote. Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter. Boris Sidis.
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The course of evolution is to a greater integration of similarly functioning ganglia.The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.Science is the description of phenomena and the formulation of their relations.Psychology is the science of psychic states both as to content and form, regarded from an objective standpoint, and brought in relation to the living corporeal individual.The psycho-physiological hypothesis is both inductively and deductively the sine qua non of the science of psychology.The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention.Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.The fact that psychology postulates an external material world and studies it in so far as it comes to be reflected in consciousness, points to another postulate which psychology must assume in add...The main source of psychopathic diseases is the fundamental instinct of fear with its manifestations, the feeling of anxiety, anguish, and worry.
It is not the citizen, or a taxpayer, or voter, or office-holder, but the cultivated, free individual who is the true aim of all social progress.
Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.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.The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.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...Human institutions depend for their existence and stability on the impulse of self-preservation and its close associate, — the fear instinct.- Psychology must postulate uniformity of interrelation of physical, physiological, and psychic processes. Boris Sidis.
- Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.
- Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology. Boris Sidis.
- The fact that psychology postulates an external material world and studies it in so far as it comes to be reflected in consciousness, points to another postulate which psychology must assume in addition, namely, the existence of an inner world consciousness.
Book of Methods. W. J. Sidis Archives Boris Sidis Archives Sarah Sidis Menu. BOOK OF METHODS. Sarah Sidis, M.D. 18 page manuscript, early 1950's, presumably unpublished. May have been in collaboration with an editor. First five pages not yet found, nor any after page 23. Source: University of Miami Archives.
Boris Sidis was a Ukrainian-American psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and philosopher of education. Sidis founded the New York State Psychopathic Institute and the Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
William James Sidis (1898-1944), an author, was born to Ukrainian Jewish immigrants Boris and Sarah Sidis. Sarah (Mandelbaum) Sidis was among the first women to graduate from the Boston University School of Medicine. Boris Sidis, a psychotherapist and philosopher of education, completed several degrees at Harvard University and was known for ...
