Word: homeliest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ascent of Man is determinedly antiromantic. Stability, that homeliest of virtues, was for him the one essential condition for civilization's great leaps forward. His insistence on this point forms valuable corrective to the more dramatic visions of historical development that frequently titillate us today. Bronowski died last August of a heart attack at age 66. The Ascent of Man is an excellent introduction as well as a last testament by one of the most valuable travelers between the scientific and the literary Cultures...
...shows how, out of hypnosis, Erickson has drawn a whole bag of ploys that persuade the patient to change himself rapidly. For example, a 250-lb. woman says she is "a plain, fat slob." Erickson takes over: "You are not a plain, fat, disgusting slob. You are the fattest, homeliest, most disgustingly horrible bucket of lard I have ever seen, and it is appalling to have to look at you." He continues insulting her-agreeing with her self-image and exaggerating it. The woman reduces to 140 Ibs., finds work as a fashion artist and becomes engaged...