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Vintage 1940s Mid-Century Thought & Philosophy Lot The Mature Mind & Human Destiny • Overstreet & du Noüy • 1947-1949 Title: The Mature Mind & Human Destiny (Two-Book Lot)
Author: H. A. Overstreet & Lecomte du Noüy
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company / Longmans, Green and Co.
Year: 1949 / 1947
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: Does Not Apply
Summary
This captivating two-book bundle features foundational mid-century texts that shaped public discourse on psychology, evolution, and human potential. The Mature Mind by H.A. Overstreet explores the psychological discoveries of the era and what it means to be truly mature, while Lecomte du Noüy\'s Human Destiny reinterprets the theory of evolution through the lens of modern physics to argue for a profound moral purpose to human existence. Perfect for collectors of mid-20th-century philosophy, psychology, and vintage intellectual history.
Tables of Contents The Mature Mind[cite: 7] PART ONE: THE MATURITY CONCEPT
ONE: Psychological Foundations
TWO: Criteria of Maturity
THREE: Two Old Theories and a New One
FOUR: Mature Insights Lost on Immature Minds PART TWO: FORCES THAT SHAPE US
FIVE: A Heritage of Contradictions
SIX: Applied Maturity: A Test Case
SEVEN: Economics for Human Fulfillment
EIGHT: The Play of Politics on the Mind
NINE: What We Read, See, and Hear
TEN: The Home as a Place for Growing
ELEVEN: Education: A Question Mark
TWELVE: Toward Religious Maturity
THIRTEEN: What We Ourselves Can Do Human Destiny[cite: 1] BOOK I: The Methods
I. Our Subjective Idea of the Universe
II. Scientific Thinking
III. Probabilities
IV. The Laws of Inorganic Evolution Contradict Those of the Evolution of Life BOOK II: The Evolution of Life
V. The Age of the Earth
VI. Some Important Problems Set by the Fossils
VII. Significance and Mechanisms of Evolution BOOK III: The Evolution of Man
VIII. The New Orientation of Evolution: Man
IX. Tradition, a Human Mechanism of Evolution
X. Civilization
XI. Instincts
XII. Superstition
XIII. Religion
XIV. The Idea of God and of Omnipotence
XV. The Wake of Man
XVI. Intellectual or Moral Development?
XVII. The Telefinalist Hypothesis (Summary)
XVIII. Universal Thought - The Shrinking Earth Condition Report: Good
- Exterior: Both boards show typical vintage wear, including faded spines, mild rubbing to the extremities, and bumped corners. No dust jackets are included.
- Binding: Secure and fully intact, though slightly relaxed from age and prior reading. Please see pics for bowing to the binding. Particularly \"The Mature Mind\".
- Interior: Pages show standard, even age-toning. The text blocks are clean and highly readable without significant underlining, highlighting, or marginalia.
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