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Nothing permencnt, howover, cnn be nchieved by
such mensures elone. What is required is a profound
c6nversion of Germanyts attitudo: abandonment of the
idoo (1)
that they fire innately superior; (2) thet
they ore destined to govern tho earth; (3) thrt thero
is no human law or authority higher then the good
of the German state; (4) that power is to be admired
nbove everything; and (5) that Fight mrkcs Right.
In treating tho Gormans psychologically we must
realize thot we arc dealing with [\
nation suffering
from paranoid trends: delusions of grandeur; delusions
of persecution; profound h8tred of strong opponents
and contempt of weak opponents; rrrogE'nce , suspiciousness
and envy -
vII of which has been built up as a reaction
to an age-old inferiority complex and R
be appreciated .
Possibly the first four stops in th~
desire to
trertment
of a single p8ranoid personality can bo adopted to tho
conversion of GermDny.
In ottompting this we must
not forget thnt the sourco of their psychic sickness
is wounded pride.
3.(a) First StOp.- Thephysicion must
gein the re~pect of the pptlent.
(i) Individual porr.noid. - Paranoids
can not be trertod successfully if they arc not impressed