four, of course a simple habit Like every other…

Page 62 four, of course a simple habit Like every other nervous event, the habit of snuffling, for example, of putting one's hands into one's pockets, or abiding ones nails, is mechanically, nothing but reflex discharge. And its anatomical substratum must be a path in the system. The most complex habits, as we shall presently see our more fully, are, from the same point of view, nothing but Concatenated discharges in the nerves centers due to the presence there of systems of reflex paths, so organized as to wake each other up successively

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Pragmatism edited by Louis menand

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