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THE MIND IN THE MAKING IBD

POMONA PRESS
12 / 2006
9781406794571
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Sinopsis

This vintage book contains a fascinating essay on the most important of all matters of human concern ? the human mind. Written in clear, accessible language and full of interesting exposition and thought-provoking ideas, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in the entirety of the human condition and civilization, and it would make for a worthy addition to any personal collection. The chapters of this volume include: ?On the Purpose of This Volume?, ?Three Disappointed Methods of Reform?, ?On Various Kinds of Thinking?, ?Rationalization?, ?How Creative Thought Transforms the World?, ?Our Animal Heritage ? The Nature of Civilization?, etcetera. James Harvey Robinson (1863 ? 1936) was an American historian who wrote ?The Ordeal of Civilization? (1926) and ?The Story of Our Civilization? (1934). This book is being republished in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.