The Gentleman and the Jew: Twenty-five Centuries of Conflict in Manners and MoralsBehrman House, 1977 - 325 pages |
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Page 84
... Survival , " " The Economic Struggle , " and " The Will to Power . " They were , in fact , almost sufficient to explain the human problem . The struggle for survival was the brute fact of life ; the economic struggle was the form taken ...
... Survival , " " The Economic Struggle , " and " The Will to Power . " They were , in fact , almost sufficient to explain the human problem . The struggle for survival was the brute fact of life ; the economic struggle was the form taken ...
Page 86
... survival ? I do not know . But for me the obvious answer is that the path to power is not identical with the path to survival . A cunning member of the obscure masses has a better chance of survival than a cunning power - seeker on the ...
... survival ? I do not know . But for me the obvious answer is that the path to power is not identical with the path to survival . A cunning member of the obscure masses has a better chance of survival than a cunning power - seeker on the ...
Page 322
... survival of groups . Actually , adaptation and re- production are perhaps the real determinants ; history abounds in instances of the conquered outbreeding the conqueror . But I have made the assumption in order to give the combative ...
... survival of groups . Actually , adaptation and re- production are perhaps the real determinants ; history abounds in instances of the conquered outbreeding the conqueror . But I have made the assumption in order to give the combative ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I Public and Personal | 3 |
BOOK ONE THE PAGANS AND I | 7 |
Beginnings 99 | 19 |
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