The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

Self-preservation is the central aim of all life-activities.

The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.

Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.

Psychology is the science of psychic states both as to content and form, regarded from an objective standpoint, and brought in relation to the living corporeal individual.

Superstitions, and especially the early cultivation of religion, with its "fear of the Lord" and of unknown mysterious agencies, are especially potent in the development of the instinct of fear. Even the early cultivation of morality and conscientiousness, with their fears of right and wrong, often causes psychoneurotic states in later life. Religious, social, and moral taboos and superstitions, associated with apprehension of threatening impending evil, based on the fear instinct, form the germs of psychopathic affections.

The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.