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     The essays in the Essay System are written in a style
which  no  doubt  contains echoes  of  the  authors  whose
writings they echo.

     Thematically the book "Human Destiny" offered a  very
early source of inspiration as did John Stuart Mill's book
"On Logic".

     R. D. Laing's many  writings  provided  a  source  of
inspiration,   especially the books "Knots"  and "Self and
Other".

     Martin Buber's book "I and Thou" offered an important
source of stylistic inspiration.

     As  to  both style and content the many  writings  of
Paul   Tillich   offered   a  great  deal   of   guidance,
particularly  his  sermon  "Accept  Acceptance"   in  "The
Shaking of  the Foundations"  along with his other sermons
in that volume and  "The  New Being".   Most of  his early
writings  in English  were read,  including volume one  of
"Systematic Theology."

     The writings  of early leaders in the movement  which
has focused much light upon the phenomena of addiction and
codependence have  been  very influential,  but especially
the writings of Anne Wilson Schaef and Robert Subby.

     Professional training  for  A.B.,  A.M.,   and  Ph.D.
degrees  in  physics  provided  complementary  styles   of
thinking  and     writing  which  focus upon  descriptions
which   are   clear,       unambiguous,    explicit    and
systematically organized  in    keeping  with the ontology
of that  which  is being    described.   Such training has
greatly  influenced both the    style and content  of  the
essays in the Essays System.

     Professional work on the Ph.D. degree entailed a  few
thousand hours of computer programming which opened up the
possibilities of writing the computer programs  which  are
an integral part of the Essays System, and undergirded the
systematic  approach   to   describing relationships among
people and objects.

     A  high level involvement in the Democratic Party  at
the county,  congressional district,   state and  national
levels provided  many opportunities to  watch many  people
in   the  processes   of   creating,     exercising    and
transforming  political    power---for   both   good   and
ill.       Those  experiences  have  contributed  in  many
indescribable  ways to the foundations for the writing  of
essays.

     Involvement in the lives of Presbyterian,   Methodist
and    Congregational    churches   have   offered    many
opportunities to    observe  the  blessing  and  curses of
institutionalized     religion  and  believers.      Those
experiences have also    contributed in many indescribable
ways to the foundations    for the writing of essays.

     Service during about  a  dozen  years  as  the   Iowa
Representative  to  the National Council of  the  American
Association  of  Physics Teachers offered another  set  of
opportunities to watch professionals who were both trained
in the objective paradigm of scientists and trying to deal
with the  dilemmas  of close human relationships which are
the  essence of education.   Their efforts to resolve  the
dilemmas   of  education  in  technical  ways  were   very
revealing.

     In addition to the influence of the writings  of many
people   there have  been  opportunities to meet and visit
with  writers  and  other  other  notable   leaders   with
impacts  which  have often been out of  promotion  to  the
amount of time involved in the meetings.  Those people who
have influenced me in  major  ways  thorough such personal
meetings include in roughly chronological order: Edward U.
Condon, Arthur Holly Compton,  Bernard Feld, Paul Tillich,
Frank Laubach,  Dick Clark,   John Culver,  Harold Hughes,
many  Democratic  candidates for President of  the  United
States,   and  Robert Subby.  Candid  dialogue  with  many
different   students  have  contributed  greatly  to   the
development  of many insights which are articulated in the
essays.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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