The ego is as little absolutely permanent as are bodies.
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The theory of relativity is just as unacceptable to me as, say, the existence of the atom or other such dogmas.Ernst Mach
Thus the great gulf between physical and psychological research persists only when we acquiesce in our habitual stereotyped conceptions.
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The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life.
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Without renouncing the support of physics, it is possible for the physiology of the senses, not only to pursue its own course of development, but also to afford to physical science itself powerful assistance.
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In the long run we shall not be able to close our eyes to this simple truth, which is the immediate outcome of psychological analysis.
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