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Life And Habit

Life And Habit

Butler, Samuel

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Publisher Price: $17.99

ISBN10: 937639268X
ISBN13: 9789376392681
Publisher: Double 9 Books
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 190
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Life and habit examines the nature of behavior, learning, and automatic action through a reflective philosophical lens. The book explores how repeated effort gradually shifts from conscious control to unconscious performance, revealing how familiarity transforms knowledge into instinctive response. Everyday activities are used to show how mastery emerges when deliberate attention fades, suggesting that habit is central to skill, memory, and identity. The discussion extends beyond individual experience to question how repeated actions across time influence inherited tendencies and behavioral continuity. Rather than separating instinct from learning, the work presents them as closely connected processes shaped by repetition and adaptation. Conscious thought is portrayed as most active during beginnings, while true competence lies in effortless execution. The opening establishes a thoughtful inquiry into how experience moulds action, encouraging readers to reconsider assumptions about will, knowledge, and awareness. Overall, the book offers an original perspective on human development, proposing that habit underlies intelligence, creativity, and the silent efficiency of practiced life.

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