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Man'S Unconquerable Mind / Gilbert Highet.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1954]Copyright date: ©1954Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231919180
  • 9780231886123
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE. The Powers of Knowledge -- I. WONDERS ARE MANY -- 2. HOMO SAPIENS -- 3. CIVILIZATION AND THOUGHT -- 4. THE UNPREDICTABLE INTELLECT -- 5. THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE -- PART TWO. The Limits of Knowledge -- 1. THE VOICE OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND -- 2. ALL CANNOT BE KNOWN -- 3. EXTERNAL HINDRANCES -- 4. INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF THE MIND -- 5. THE GIANT CRUCIFIED -- PART THREE. Dedication -- 1. NECESSITY -- 2. RESPONSIBILITY -- 3. DEDICATION -- NOTES
Summary: Discusses the development of thought and philosophy and the role they play in mankind's existence, especially as they are expressed in literature.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231886123

Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- PART ONE. The Powers of Knowledge -- I. WONDERS ARE MANY -- 2. HOMO SAPIENS -- 3. CIVILIZATION AND THOUGHT -- 4. THE UNPREDICTABLE INTELLECT -- 5. THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE -- PART TWO. The Limits of Knowledge -- 1. THE VOICE OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND -- 2. ALL CANNOT BE KNOWN -- 3. EXTERNAL HINDRANCES -- 4. INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF THE MIND -- 5. THE GIANT CRUCIFIED -- PART THREE. Dedication -- 1. NECESSITY -- 2. RESPONSIBILITY -- 3. DEDICATION -- NOTES

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Discusses the development of thought and philosophy and the role they play in mankind's existence, especially as they are expressed in literature.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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