1st Edition

Revival: Essays in Scientific Synthesis (1918)

By Eugenio Rignano Copyright 1918
260 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Although each of the essays in this volume is a study complete in itself, they are connected by one and the same synthetic spirit, and are animated by one and the same object: that of demonstrating the utility in the biological, psychological, and sociological fields of the theorist, who, without having specialized in any particular branch or subdivision of science, may nevertheless bring into... Read more

1. The Role of the Theorist in the Sciences of Biology and Sociology 2. The Synthetic Value of the Evolution Theory 3. Biological Memory in Energetics 4. On the Mnemic Origin and Nature of the Affective Tendencies 5. What is Consciousness? 6. The Religious Phenomenon 7. Historic Materialism 8. Socialism INDEX

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Eugenio Rignano