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

— Boris Sidis

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements." in the context of "p. 26" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Boris Sidis

About Boris Sidis

Boris Sidis (October 12, 1867 – October 24, 1923) was a Ukraine-born American psychologist and psychiatrist who studied under William James at Harvard University. His areas of study included hypnosis, suggestion, and the subconscious; multiple personality, sleep, laughter, and the treatment of psychopathic disease.