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ADVICE TOCLEVER CHILDREN

CELIA GREENInstitute of Psychophysical ResearchOXFORD

 

First published in Great Britain,

1981

by Institute of

Psychophysical Research,

Oxford

Phototypeset

in V.I.P. Garamond by

Western

Printing

Services

Ltd, Bristoland printed in Great Britain atThe Pitman Press, BathAll rights

reserved

Copyright

(6) 1981

by

Institute

of

Psychophysical Research

ISBN

o 900076 07 o

 

Contents

Acknowledgements

7Introduction9An Invitation to Young People26An Appeal for Financial Support27Aphorisms291Inconceivability352Uncertainty383Guilt424Suffering465The Taboo on Thinking516 The Human Psychosis547Sadism588Pleasure619Ageing6410Fiction6711 Friendship7012 Laughter7413Mental Health7614Solipsism7915The Hypothetical8116The Fear of Failure (I)8317The Fear of Failure (II)9118Proving Things9719Risk-Taking (I)10120 Risk-Taking (II)10421 Private Incomes10822 Taking One's Chancesno23 The Belief in Society11624Centralisation (I)12225Centralisation (II)12526Centralisation (III)12827Centralisation (IV)13228Existence137

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