The Foundations of Personality

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Cosimo, Inc., 2005 M05 1 - 416 pages
Man's interest in character is founded on an intensely practical need. In whatsoever relationship we deal with our fellows, we base our intercourse largely on our understanding of their characters. . . . Because the feelings are in part mirrored on the face and body, the experience of mankind has become crystallized in beliefs, opinions, and systems of character reading which are based on physiognomy, shape of head, lines of hand, gait, and even the method of dress and the handwriting. . . . A few of the methods used have become organized into specialties, such as the study of the head. Introduction, The Foundations of Personality
 

Contents

CHAPTER
1
THE ORGANIC BASIS OF CHARACTER
7
THE ENVIRONMENTAL BASIS OF CHARACTER
25
MEMORY AND HABIT
51
STIMULATION INHIBITION ORGANIZING ENERGY CHOICE
70
HYSTERIA SUBCONSCIOUSNESS AND FREUDIANISM
86
EMOTION INSTINCT INTELLIGENCE AND WILL
99
EXCITEMENT MONOTONY AND INTEREST
124
ENERGY RELEASE AND THE EMOTIONS
164
COURAGE RESIGNATION SUBLIMATION PATIENCE
197
THE EVOLUTION OF CHARACTER WITH ESPECIAL REF
213
THE METHODS OF PURPOSEWORK CHARACTERS
257
THE QUALITIES OF THE Leader and THE FOLLOWER
275
SEX CHARACTERS AND DOMESTICITY
293
PLAY RECREATION HUMOR AND PLEASURE Seeking
314
RELIGIOUS CHARACTERS DISHARMONY IN CHARACTER
328

THE SENTIMENTS OF LOVE FRIENDSHIP HATE PITY
142

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