Preface
序言，前言
When the first edition of this book appeared in 1975, the
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dominant intellectual focus was still subjectivity
突出的占优势的 主观性
feelings. That focus, the legacy of the 1960s, was
遗留的问题
originally a necessary reaction to the rationalism and
原先最初 反应 理性主义
behaviorism that preceded it. It declared, in effect: "
行为主义 precede过去式 先于 正式宣布 实际上
People are not robots. They are more than the sum total
总和
of their physiology. They have hopes, dreams, emotions.
生理机能
No two humans are alike---each has a special
perspective, a unique way of perceiving the world. And
角度观点想法 独特的 感知
any view of humanity that ignores this subjective side is
忽视 主观想象
a distortion."
曲解
Yet, despite its value, the focus on feelings went too far.
尽管 重视
Like many other movements, what began as a reaction
against an extreme view became an extreme view itself.
极端的
The result of that extremism was the neglect of
结果后果 极端主义 忽视
thinking. This book was designed to answer that
有计划的
neglect. The introduction to the first edition explained its
忽视
rationale as follows:
理由依据
