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3. CIVILIZATION AND THOUGHT

  • Gilbert Highet
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Man’S Unconquerable Mind
This chapter is in the book Man’S Unconquerable Mind
© 2019 Columbia University Press

© 2019 Columbia University Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
  3. CONTENTS IX
  4. PART ONE. The Powers of Knowledge
  5. I. WONDERS ARE MANY 3
  6. 2. HOMO SAPIENS 7
  7. 3. CIVILIZATION AND THOUGHT 14
  8. 4. THE UNPREDICTABLE INTELLECT 29
  9. 5. THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE 46
  10. PART TWO. The Limits of Knowledge
  11. 1. THE VOICE OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND 63
  12. 2. ALL CANNOT BE KNOWN 67
  13. 3. EXTERNAL HINDRANCES 69
  14. 4. INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF THE MIND 103
  15. 5. THE GIANT CRUCIFIED 114
  16. PART THREE. Dedication
  17. 1. NECESSITY 119
  18. 2. RESPONSIBILITY 123
  19. 3. DEDICATION 127
  20. NOTES 129
https://doi.org/10.7312/high91918-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
  3. CONTENTS IX
  4. PART ONE. The Powers of Knowledge
  5. I. WONDERS ARE MANY 3
  6. 2. HOMO SAPIENS 7
  7. 3. CIVILIZATION AND THOUGHT 14
  8. 4. THE UNPREDICTABLE INTELLECT 29
  9. 5. THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE 46
  10. PART TWO. The Limits of Knowledge
  11. 1. THE VOICE OUT OF THE WHIRLWIND 63
  12. 2. ALL CANNOT BE KNOWN 67
  13. 3. EXTERNAL HINDRANCES 69
  14. 4. INHERENT LIMITATIONS OF THE MIND 103
  15. 5. THE GIANT CRUCIFIED 114
  16. PART THREE. Dedication
  17. 1. NECESSITY 119
  18. 2. RESPONSIBILITY 123
  19. 3. DEDICATION 127
  20. NOTES 129
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