Klages, Reich, and Peat: Towards a Bioenergetic Philosophy
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The Optimism of Pete
The essential feature of the conditional reflex as understood by Pavlov was its temporariness. If it is a recognition of a temporary conjunction of events in the world, intelligence requires that it not persist longer than the conditioning the environment does. So what these dogs kept doing? They were courageous. Keep getting zapped until the condition is temporary. Same logic really as the armoring. The temporary condition under which the armoring was needed is gone. Now is time to like do the stretches, do the work, grab the nutrition and allow the life to come in again.
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