The quest for conscience and the birth of the mind /
This book offers a new perspective on conscience as an as yet unrealized human potential, but a potential toward which human beings are naturally driven. A distinction is made between a "mature" or "healthy" conscience - a "conscience capable of maturation"--And the cla...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London :
Karnac Books,
©2009.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | This book offers a new perspective on conscience as an as yet unrealized human potential, but a potential toward which human beings are naturally driven. A distinction is made between a "mature" or "healthy" conscience - a "conscience capable of maturation"--And the classical notion of the superego; it also postulates that the two may represent two separate lines of development. Conscience is seen to be inseparable from consciousness; the development of a mature conscience is seen to have its foundation in the development of a true or authentic self, while the classical notion of the superego |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 161 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781849406932 1849406936 9780429921988 0429921985 |