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to know is the cause of the mal-adaptation and the best way to 

 secure adjustment, and for this De Greef's logical scheme would 

 not seem to be of much service. 



De Greef makes advance over both Comte and Spencer, also, 

 in that he gives clearer content to the concept of society, holding 

 that humanity is a social organism only at best potentially, and 

 that the true social aggregates are the androgynous couple, the 

 family, tribe, etc., 1 moreover that the distinguishing feature of the 

 social organism is a certain felt " togetherness " whether it be 

 merely automatic and reflexive or thought out. 2 



1 Op. cit., p 71. 2 Op. dt., p. 131. 



