Science and Sanity: An Introduction to Non-Aristotelian Systems and General Semantics

Alfred Korzybski

Important 20th-century philosophy of the mind and culture. Korzybski is the man who coined the slogan, “the map is not the territory.” The meat of Scientology/Dianetics (the theory of the reactive mind and more) was lifted from this book—get “clear” on the cheap! William Burroughs also studied with Korzybski in the 1930s in Chicago. SS

Publisher: Institute of General Semantics
Paperback: 806 pages

Time-Binding: The General Theory

Alfred Korzybski

Man links across Time through Culture. Plants = Chemical-Binding, Animals = Space-Binding. Written in 1924.

Publisher: Institute of General Semantics
Paperback: 85 pages