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> [Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/self-preservation-is-the-central-aim-of-all-life-activities/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

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## More by Boris Sidis

> [Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/social-laughter-is-momentary-soon-burns-itself-out-and-passes-away/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The main source of psychopathic diseases is the fundamental instinct of fear with its manifestations, the feeling of anxiety, anguish, and worry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-main-source-of-psychopathic-diseases-is-the-fundamental-instinct/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/not-purpose-but-chance-is-at-the-heart-of-mental-life/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [Psychology is the science of psychic states both as to content and form, regarded from an objective standpoint, and brought in relation to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/psychology-is-the-science-of-psychic-states-both-as-to-content-and/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/mental-synthesis-of-psychic-content-in-the-unity-of-a-moment/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-man-of-genius-whether-as-artist-or-thinker-requires-a-mass-of/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The psycho-physiological hypothesis is both inductively and deductively the sine qua non of the science of psychology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-psycho-physiological-hypothesis-is-both-inductively-and/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [Science is the description of phenomena and the formulation of their relations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/science-is-the-description-of-phenomena-and-the-formulation-of-their/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The course of evolution is to a greater integration of similarly functioning ganglia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-course-of-evolution-is-to-a-greater-integration-of-similarly/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-general-tendency-of-evolution-is-from-structure-to-function-from/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-principle-of-recognition-of-evil-under-all-its-guises-is-at-the/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/suggestibility-varies-as-the-amount-of-disaggregation-and-inversely/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/self-preservation-is-the-central-aim-of-all-life-activities/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The tendency of life is not the preservation of the species, but solely the preservation of each individual organism, as long as it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-tendency-of-life-is-not-the-preservation-of-the-species-but/)

[Boris Sidis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-sidis/)

> [The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-sidis/the-recognition-the-diagnosis-and-the-preservation-of-psychopathic/)

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