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Page 493
... society is seen in Social Statics , in which social evolution is held to be a process of increasing “ individua- tion . " He saw human societies as evolving by means of increasing division of labour from undifferentiated hordes into ...
... society is seen in Social Statics , in which social evolution is held to be a process of increasing “ individua- tion . " He saw human societies as evolving by means of increasing division of labour from undifferentiated hordes into ...
Page 512
... Society for Psychical Re- search was founded in England . Its purpose was objective investigation , not worship or the giving of spiritual solace . Membership in the society did not , and does not , imply a necessary acceptance of the ...
... Society for Psychical Re- search was founded in England . Its purpose was objective investigation , not worship or the giving of spiritual solace . Membership in the society did not , and does not , imply a necessary acceptance of the ...
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... society . In Tikopia , a small island in the western Pacific where pagan ideology still lingers , the attitude toward suicide is one of mild disapprobation . The gods are believed to receive the souls of the dead but not of those who ...
... society . In Tikopia , a small island in the western Pacific where pagan ideology still lingers , the attitude toward suicide is one of mild disapprobation . The gods are believed to receive the souls of the dead but not of those who ...
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