Word: mankind
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mankind believes that the phases of the moon affect crops; he knows that various radiations influence plant growth and that radio waves are altered by sunspots, yet he stubbornly refuses to believe that he himself can be influenced by forces outside his immediate environment...
When I read of all the inhumanity that exists today, I need the knowledge of Geel and its compassionate citizens to restore my faith in mankind...
...Hart, "is that you can count on man to be a bastard." In a century that has so far produced Hiroshima, Buchenwald and Biafra, this is an insight that is hard to ignore. Søren Kierkegaard described original sin as a sense of dread; for most of mankind, it is still an uncomfortably familiar feeling...
Although the President primarily came to listen, I hope that he will do his very best to convince De Gaulle to abandon his continuous European sabotage, which is very helpful to Communism and a threat to the existence of mankind...
Dark Urges. A more telling critique challenges the limitations of Freudianism as a theory of mental processes. A biologist himself, Freud was aware of the impact of environment on man; yet orthodox analysis traces mankind's emotional problems to the first formative years of life, minimizing most subsequent influences on the psyche. Moreover, some critics consider analysis defective because of its emphasis on pathology. By churning the invisible wellsprings of maladjustment, Freud sought to discover normality-which is somewhat like describing the law-abiding citizen through the reprehensible habits of the underworld. He focused on what he called...