The Sexual Instinct: Its Use and Dangers as Affecting Heredity and Morals; Essentials to the Welfare of the Individual, and the Future of the Race (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover
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I have come to believe that a large part of the guidance of human conduct, such as may advantageously be used in practice, belongs peculiarly to the medical calling, and less to philosophers and clerics. This idea may be pardonable when we consider the intense interest which its pursuit inspires, but we will not quarrel with any class of men who take their part in furthering its cause, and who claim the field as peculiarly their own. But a merely philosophical, religious, or sexless system of ethics seems weaponless, for in the moralities sexuality occupies a leading position. The various systems of religion are rich in such material, and the Founder of Christianity was called the Great Physician.
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I have come to believe that a large part of the guidance of human conduct, such as may advantageously be used in practice, belongs peculiarly to the medical calling, and less to philosophers and clerics. This idea may be pardonable when we consider the intense interest which its pursuit inspires, but we will not quarrel with any class of men who take their part in furthering its cause, and who claim the field as peculiarly their own. But a merely philosophical, religious, or sexless system of ethics seems weaponless, for in the moralities sexuality occupies a leading position. The various systems of religion are rich in such material, and the Founder of Christianity was called the Great Physician.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0666070903
- ISBN 13 9780666070906
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages486
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