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Psycho-galvonic experiments show clearly that every emotion or thought is always connected with some electrical current.
Alfred Korzybski
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Alfred Korzybski
Age: 70 †
Born: 1879
Born: July 3
Died: 1950
Died: March 1
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Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski
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Man's achievements rest upon the use of symbols.... we must consider ourselves as a symbolic, semantic class of life, and those who rule the symbols, rule us.
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To regard human beings as tools - as instruments - for the use of other human beings is not only unscientific but it is repugnant, stupid and short sighted. Tools are made by man but have not the autonomy of their maker - they have not man's time-binding capacity for initiation, for self-direction, and self-improvement.
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Identity is invariably false to facts.
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The present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'
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I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.
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Whatever you might say the object is, well it is not.
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What we call progress consists in coordinating ideas with realities.
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Riches I need not, nor man's empty praise.
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God may forgive your sins, but your nervous system won't.
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Who rules our symbols, rules us.
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Identification makes general sanity and complete adjustment impossible. Training in non-identity plays a therapeutic role with adults.
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