They may serve as the almost exclusive organizers of behavior, bringing together all the capacities of the organism in their service, and we may then fairly describe the whole organism as a safety-seeking mechanism. Again, as in the hungry man, we find that the dominating goal is a strong determinant not only of his current world-outlook and philosophy but also of his philosophy of the future. Practically everything looks less important than safety, even sometimes the physiological needs which being satisfied are now underestimated. A man, in this state, if it is extreme enough and chronic enough, may be characterized as living almost for safety alone.
