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Korzybski does this by presenting his readers with numerous concepts, drawn from anthropology, biology, education, logic, mathematics, neurology, physics, physiology. Alfred korzybski has 15 books on goodreads with 3394 ratings. Author of science and sanity, manhood of humanity, general semantics seminar 1937. List of books and articles about alfred korzybski online. That said, it is the one of the most difficulttoread books i have ever run across. Click download or read online button to get selections from science and sanity book now. Download pdf selections from science and sanity free online.

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