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Society is unity in diversity.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Diversity Society Unity

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Man lives in a world of meaning.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Lives Man Meaning World

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What gives it its human character is that the individual through language addresses himself in the role of the others in the group and thus becomes aware of them in his own conduct.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Address Aware Becomes Character Conduct Gives Group Himself His Human Individual Language Others Own Role Them Through Thus

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Imagery is not past but present. It rests with what we call our mental processes to place these images in a temporal order.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Call Imagery Images Mental Order Our Past Place Present Processes Rests Temporal

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Social psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Dealt Experience Individual Phases Psychological Psychology Rule Social Standpoint Various

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No very sharp line can be drawn between social psychology and individual psychology.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Between Drawn Individual Line Psychology Sharp Social Very

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A multiple personality is in a certain sense normal.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Certain Multiple Normal Personality Sense

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The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Body Characteristic Distinguishes Itself Object Objects Other Self

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To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Aesthetic Appreciation Art Attitude Become Enjoyed Enter Life Living May Meanings Nature Part

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Our cautious ancestors, when yawning, blocked the way to the entrance of evil spirits by putting their hands before their mouths. We find a reason for the gesture in the delicacy of manner which forbids an indecent exposure.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Ancestors Before Blocked Cautious Delicacy Entrance Evil Exposure Find Gesture Hands Indecent Manner Mouths Our Putting Reason Spirits Way Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 27th, 1863

Died: April 26th, 1931

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