The Development of Defense Mechanisms: Theory, Research, and Assessment

by Phebe Cramer

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The idea that the human mind-that faculty of the intellect which we use to define and discern the truth-might also be used to deceive itself is not new. The classic orator Demosthenes warned of this possibility in 349 B.C. when he wrote that "Nothing is more easy than to deceive one's self; what a man wishes he generally believes to be true." 1 Even Jean Jacques Rousseau, who suggested the possibility of man as "noble savage," alerts us to this paradox,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1461390273

ISBN13:9781461390275

Release Date:November 2011

Publisher:Springer

Length:338 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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