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Booklet. Condition: Very Good-. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is a larger than trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some ligh bumping and rubbing. There is a small crease to the bottom front corner. The book covers have some ground-in dirt and several spots of foxing. The text pages are generally clean, though there are a couple of spots of foxing throughout. This book discusses "the More Philosophy", regarding perfection, and this philiosophy turned into a managed community called Morehouse / Lafayette Morehouse. "Lafayette Morehouse is an intentional community conceived in 1968 in Lafayette, California. The lifestyle it practices is often referred to as "Morehouse". Inspired by its founder Dr. Victor Baranco and his first wife Dr. Suzanne Baranco, and now by his widow Dr. Cynthia Baranco, Morehouse has been a continuous experiment in group living for over 50 years, one of few such communities still existing from the 1960s. Residents of Lafayette Morehouse consider themselves to be social researchers studying the nature of pleasurable group living. They believe that group living best fits the nature of humans and can lead to the most enjoyable life. Victor Baranco recognized that to sustain a cohesive group it was imperative to handle communication, sensuality and decision-making. Those areas became among their topics of research. The group's findings are presented to the public in the form of courses, and the group receives no outside funding that could bias its findings. " (from Wikipedia).