"Those traits which float like foam on the surface of a man's being should be put in this category."
— Spiller, Gustav (1864-1940)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Swan Sonnenschein
Date
1902
Metaphor
"Those traits which float like foam on the surface of a man's being should be put in this category."
Metaphor in Context
(4) To the list we will add, for the sake of completeness, omitting here peculiar and political needs (ch. 7), what we call our passing character. Frequently individuals show ephemeral traits. They are interested now in this thing, now in that. They are for a period bad-tempered, good- natured or retiring. Those traits which float like foam on the surface of a man's being should be put in this category. These characteristics are not important.
(p. 409)
(p. 409)
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Provenance
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Citation
Gustav Spiller. The Mind of Man: A Text-book of Psychology. London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1902. <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
03/16/2009
