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Summary

Proposes a theory of evolution that accounts for the development of human intellect from animal mentality.

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Mind by Susanne K Langer

The second volume of Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling contains Part IV of the six parts which will eventually compose Susanne Langer's masterwork. It confronts the crucial issue of "The Great Shift" from animal to man.
Langer has brought to light ideas of astonishing depth, exactness, power and reach.. The emanations may well leave their trace on all of us. Washington Post A great and beautiful work of genius... A conceptual scheme of such radiance that no one who wishes to think deeply about mentality and behavior will be able to do without it. Chicago Daily News, reviewing the complete edition

Susanne Langer is professor emeritus of philosophy and currently research scholar at Connecticut College. She is the author of Philosophy in a New Key, Feeling and Form, and Philosophical Sketches.

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ISBN 13 9780801816079
ISBN 10 0801816076
Title Mind
Author Susanne K Langer
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published 1974-04-26
Number of pages 412
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