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Chapter 9 of the book "Letters to Lily:ON HOW THE WORLD WORKS" is presented. It focuses on the beliefs of humans on witchcrafts as well as provides information on its decline and what people may learn from it. It is inferred that witchcraft beliefs can be seen as intellectually and socially attractive and it universal.

Chapter 29 of the book "The Sage Handbook of Sociology" is presented. It discusses the importance of sex and power to sociology. The author also presents an argument on the dominant ways in which sex and power threaten to render it impotent. This chapter concludes that sex and power are fundamental to human capabilities and their combinations are uniquely human.

The article criticizes the theory of the origins and nature of the human self and its relation to society by German philosopher Jürgen Habermas. In Habermas' book titled "Theory of Communication," he argued that individuation and socialization are possible on the basis of linguistic structures. The author states that his critique of the philosophy of consciousness failed to grasp that consciousness is the most basic form of intentional awareness. Furthermore, he argues that language did not establish the human condition, and the human person lives only in one world and has one self.

The article discusses the value of virtue, moral principle, or moral rule. It states that a virtue's value, in general, depends on its total contribution to the society. It suggests that a society with honest individuals is a lot better and more preferable to live in compared to a society whose people are all dishonest.