6 Quotes & Sayings By George Herbert Mead

George Herbert Mead (February 9, 1897 – April 19, 1978) was an American sociologist who is best known for his theories of communication and social interaction. He was also an accomplished pianist who performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation. George Herbert Mead
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The intelligence of the lower forms of animal life, like a great deal of human intelligence, does not involve a self. George Herbert Mead
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Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member. George Herbert Mead
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Our specious present as such is very short. We do, however, experience passing events; part of the process of the passage of events is directly there in our experience, including some of the past and some of the future. George Herbert Mead
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Society is unity in diversity. George Herbert Mead