The Soul of the White AntIn his fascinating investigations into the psyche of the ants, their strangely rich inherited memory of instinct, Marais makes challenging assertions about the group soul of the termite colony - the cause and result of the termites' ceaseless, automatic activity for their community. His extraordinary theory is that the termite colony is, in fact, a separate composite animal at a certain stage of its development. |
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Translators Preface | 7 |
A Biographical Note by his Son | 9 |
List of Illustrations | 13 |
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