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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books
c2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798438006719 |
| Summary: | 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 su |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429921988 9780429907753 9780429482984 9781282900806 9786612900808 9781849406932 |
