The Story Of The Human Race Is

The Peaker Learns Surely And Certainly That Life Can Be Worthwhile, That It Can Be Beautiful And Valuable. There Are Ends In Life, I.e., Experiences Which Are So Precious In Themselves As To Prove That Not Everything Is A Means To Some End Other Than Itself.

There Is, First, The Desire For Strength, For Achievement, For Adequacy, For Confidence In The Face Of The World, And For Independence And Freedom. Secondly, We Have What We May Call The Desire For Reputation Or Prestige

The Best Product Should Be Bought, The Best Man Should Be Rewarded More. Interfering Factors Which Befuddle This Triumph Of Virtue, Justice, Truth, And Efficiency, Etc., Should Be Kept To An Absolute Minimum Or Should Approach Zero As A Limit.

In A Word, To Perceive An Object Abstractly Means Not To Perceive Some Aspects Of It. It Clearly Implies Selection Of Some Attributes, Rejection Of Other Attributes, Creation Or Distortion Of Still Others. We Make Of It What We Wish. We Create It.

It Looks As If There Were A Single Ultimate Goal For Mankind, A Far Goal Toward Which All Persons Strive. This Is Called Variously By Different Authors Self-actualization, Self-realization, Integration, Psychological Health, Individuation, Autonomy, Creativity, Productivity, But They All Agree That This Amounts To Realizing The Potentialities Of The Person, That Is To Say, Becoming Fully Human, Everything That Person Can Be.