Psychology

"She means more to me than a sister, mother, friend, or even a lover, and for that reason, she is no lover; in a word, I love her too much to desire her..." More 20-year-old Jean-Jacques love story: Here, his "mother" and perpetual comforter spark a strangely compromised...

"The smallest and most insignificant pleasures within my reach attract me more than all the pleasures in heaven." It's the young, hero-worshiping Jean-Jacques again -- his display of emotional immaturity leads to his mischievous antics in the company of passers-by and outsiders, always...

"I did that too; that's what I thought; that's how I am." Rousseau's vast and sometimes haunting dossier on the self is one of the most compelling and boldly introspective works ever written. Some readers may resent his embarrassing descriptions of wallowing in humiliation and fiasco, as...

The book, written in 1903, sixty years after the term "hypnosis" was coined, examines contemporary understandings of the technology's nature, uses, and dangers. Hypnotism has been used for centuries, but in the mid, to late 19th century, it became a prevalent method of exploring the human...

Oskar Pfungst's book is detailed investigative journalism about Clever Hans, an Orlov pony who is said to be able to perform arithmetic and other intellectual tasks. Pfungst described the results of many experiments, and finally he could explain exactly how Hans did it. This classic example of the...

“This article will be divided into three parts when completed. Of the two parts now published, the first part is the analysis of the transformation process; the second part is the analysis of the transformation process. the rise of the new, and the working of the will in Part II, we juxtapose...

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote their manifesto in December 1847 as a guide to the basic principles and practice of communism. The Manifesto also predicted the eventual demise of the capitalist system....