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The French historian Jules Michelet used to begin his lectures on Great Britain with the statement, “Gentlemen, Britain is an island.” Presumably, he did not suppose that this fact was unknown to his students. He cited it in order to point out that many of the peculiarities of British history and political life can be better understood if one takes into account that country’s geographical situation.
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Prinz, W., Neumann, O. (1990). Introduction. In: Neumann, O., Prinz, W. (eds) Relationships Between Perception and Action. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75348-0_1
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