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... field of sex and sex behavior . This struggle will , per- haps , supersede the contemporary conflict between Fundamentalism and obscurantism on the one hand and Biblical scholarship and evolution on the other . There is also little ...
... field of sex and sex behavior . This struggle will , per- haps , supersede the contemporary conflict between Fundamentalism and obscurantism on the one hand and Biblical scholarship and evolution on the other . There is also little ...
Page xii
... field of sex and sex behavior . This struggle will , per- haps , supersede the contemporary conflict between Fundamentalism and obscurantism on the one hand and Biblical scholarship and evolution on the other . There is also little ...
... field of sex and sex behavior . This struggle will , per- haps , supersede the contemporary conflict between Fundamentalism and obscurantism on the one hand and Biblical scholarship and evolution on the other . There is also little ...
Page xiii
... field which is arbitrarily declared to be vile by definition . Even physicians are not lacking who designate all types of sexual matters as nasty , without deeming it necessary to explain this arbitrary characterization . The sexual is ...
... field which is arbitrarily declared to be vile by definition . Even physicians are not lacking who designate all types of sexual matters as nasty , without deeming it necessary to explain this arbitrary characterization . The sexual is ...
Page xiv
... field of the strange incongruities of modern civilization than man's attitude with respect to science and technology on the one hand and sex behavior on the other . In the design and manufacture of a Packard sedan we insist upon the ...
... field of the strange incongruities of modern civilization than man's attitude with respect to science and technology on the one hand and sex behavior on the other . In the design and manufacture of a Packard sedan we insist upon the ...
Page xv
... field in which we find the most unreasoning intolerance , exceeding even that accompanying theological contro- versies . General social and intellectual liberalism ap- pears to be no guaranty whatever of tolerance and urbanity with ...
... field in which we find the most unreasoning intolerance , exceeding even that accompanying theological contro- versies . General social and intellectual liberalism ap- pears to be no guaranty whatever of tolerance and urbanity with ...
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Page 130 - this fundamental is most strictly adhered to: there is not a wicked action in any part of it, but is first or last rendered unhappy and unfortunate; there is not a superlative villain brought upon the stage, but either he is brought to an unhappy end, or brought to be a penitent...
Page 156 - By this wise provision [of the Creator], namely of making the passion of self-love beyond comparison stronger than the passion of benevolence, the more ignorant are led to pursue the general happiness, an end which they would have totally failed to attain if the moving principle of their conduct had been benevolence.