Problems of to-day from the point of view of a psychologist / by Hugo Münsterberg.
- Hugo Münsterberg
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Problems of to-day from the point of view of a psychologist / by Hugo Münsterberg. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![women with quickly moving attention gives to the Amer- ican life a general aspect of haste and nervousness, where every movement is quickly taken up and quickly forgot- ten, where fads and fancies are alternating with undig- nified rapidity, and where public discussions too often re- main superficial and controlled by feeling. Hence, in order to cure the so-called nervousness of our time, the remedies ought to be adapted to these true . evils. The dumb-bells and bromides are not enough. • On the one side we need more training in self-dlsclpline> 1 in continuous effort, in voluntary attention, and in thor- ) oughness; and on the other, more willingness of the men 1 to share with the women the control of our cultural life, i and to bring to it steadiness and persistence. This self- j discipline will also eliminate many nuisances which, from g a medical point of view, really Interfere with nervous \ health. For Instance, the whole radicalism of the pro- ] hibitlon movement would not be necessary if there were t) more training for self-control. To prohibit always q means only the removal of the temptation, but what is i endlessly more Important is to remain temperate in the i midst of a world of temptation. The rapid growth of i divorce, the silly chase for luxury, the rivalry in ostenta- i tion and In the gratification of personal desires In a hun- I dred forms cannot be cured If only one or another temp- ; tatlon Is taken out of sight. The Improvement must • come from within. The fault Is In ourselves. In our prejudices. In our training, in our habits, and In our fan- ciful fear of nervousness.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28142330_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
