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At the edge of contemplation: "knowledge" and "love" two important issues of life.(Brief Article)

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From: Journal of Evolutionary Psychology
Date: 20020801
Author:Neumarkt, Paul

Knowledge itself is not essential. Essential is how human beings use knowledge.

Albert Einstein

Throughout history, women have often been treated as inferior. The German psychiatrist Carl Jung represents women as "Eros" and men as "Logos." The meaning of "Eros" is sexuality. The meaning of "Logos" is intelligence. This explanation is indeed questionable, because "Eros" applies to men and women equally. The same holds true for "Logos, because intelligence applies to men and women in an equal manner as well. The German poet Hermann Hesse tells us: "the mother is the door ...

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