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The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Beauty Each Face Other Proportion Qualities Quality Relation Separate

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In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Identify Interests Nation Our Ourselves Primal Selves Wartime

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To be interested in the public good we must be disinterested, that is, not interested in goods in which our personal selves are wrapped up.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Disinterested Good Goods Interested Must Not Interested Our Personal Public Public Good Selves Up Which Wrapped

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Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Conduct Determination Effect Experience Group Individual Interested Member Psychology Social Social Group Which

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Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly there in our experience, including some of the past and some of the future.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Directly Events Experience Future However Including Our Part Passage Passing Past Present Process Short Some Very

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Take the situation of a scientist solving a problem, where he has certain data, which call for certain responses. Some of this set of data call for his applying such and such a law, while others call for another law.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Another Applying Call Certain Data He His Law Others Problem Responses Scientist Set Situation Solving Some Take Where Which While

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Warfare is an utterly stupid method of settling differences of interest between different nations.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Between Differences Different Interest Method Nations Settling Stupid Utterly Warfare

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The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self.

~George Herbert Mead

Topics: Animal Animal Life Deal Does Forms Great Great Deal Human Human Intelligence Intelligence Involve Life Like Lower Self

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: February 27th, 1863

Died: April 26th, 1931

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