The quest for conscience and the birth of the mind / Annie Reiner.

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...

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Main Author: Reiner, Annie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Karnac Books, ©2009.
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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 superego
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 161 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index.
ISBN:9781849406932
1849406936
9780429921988
0429921985
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
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