Lot of 8 Mentor Classics :::all paperbacks in good used conditionThe Psychopathology of Everyday Lifeby Sigmund Freud "Parapraxes, that is to say, everyday errors such as slips of the tongue, forgetting names and misreadings, had a special fascination for Freud, enabling him to extend to normal mental life the discoveries he had first made in connection with neuroses. This book is a comprehensive analysis of such errors and shows a penetrating insight into complex human behavior, explained in terms readily grasped by the lay mind."&The Creation of the Universeby George Gamow"Since time immemorial, people have attempted to explain the origin of the world, from the creation myths of the ancients to the more sophisticated views that developed with the progress of observational astronomy. This lively and authoritative survey by an internationally famous physicist and one of the formulators of the Big Bang theory of cosmology offers captivating perspectives on the births of the galaxies, stars, chemical elements, and planetary systems. The Creation of the Universe addresses both the Big Bang and Steady State theories of cosmogony, and is equally suitable for scientists from every field, as well as nonspecialists."&The Universe and Dr. Einstein by Lincoln Barnett"In the century since the publication of the special theory of relativity, there remains a tendency to venerate Einstein's genius without actually understanding his achievement. This book offers the opportunity to truly comprehend the workings of one of humanity's greatest minds. Acclaimed by Einstein himself, it is among the clearest, most readable expositions of relativity theory. It explains the problems Einstein faced, the experiments that led to his theories, and what his findings reveal about the forces that govern the universe. The concepts of relativity and the fourth dimension unfold with all the vivid excitement of research into the unknown, in language anyone can readily understand."& The Meaning of Evolution by George Gaylord Simpson"Man is a moral animal... All feel some degree of compulsion to value and promote the good, to condemn and eliminate the bad.... If man were wiped out, it is extremely improbable that anything very similar to him would ever again evolve..... Man has risen, not fallen. He can choose to develop his capabilities as the highest animal and try to rise still further, or he can choose otherwise. The choice is his responsibility, and his alone..... The present chaotic stage of humanity is not, as some wishfully maintain, caused by lack of faith but by too much unreasoning faith and too many conflicting faiths within these boundaries where such faith should have no place."&The Age of Analysis: 20th Century Philosophers selected, with introduction and commentary by Morton White "The basic writings of Pierce, Whitehead, James, Dewey, Russell, Wittgenstein, Croce, Bergson, Sartre, Santayana and others."&The Birth and Death of the Sunby George Gamow"George Gamow outlines the fundamental discoveries and theories of modern physics that illuminate the evolution of our world. One of the founders of Big Bang theory, Gamow traces the anatomy of matter in terms of modern physics. In language that's both scientifically accurate and simple enough for nonspecialists, he explains the development of atomic theory from its earliest articulation by Democritus in 375 B.C. through studies of nuclear reactions and radioactive decay. Along the way, Gamow discusses the formation of the stars and planets, the nature of red and white dwarfs, the dimensions of our stellar system, the infinity of space, and other fascinating subjects."&Philosophy in a New Key: A Study in the Symbolism of Reason, Rite, and Art by Susanne K. Langer ".... the human brain is constantly carrying on a process of symbolic transformation of experience, not as a poor substitute for action, but as a basic human need. This concept of symbolic transformation strikes a 'new key in philosophy. Mrs. Langer presents a new world-view in which limits of language do not appear as the last limits of rational, meaningful experience, but things inaccessible to discursive language have their own forms of conception...."&Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu translated by R. B. Blakney "The Tao Te Ching is a Chinese classic in the thought of Taoism. The text written around 400 BC and traditionally credited to the sage Laozi, though the text's authorship, date of composition and date of compilation are debated. The work is more probably an anthology of wise sayings compiled by Lao Tzu, an older contemporary of Confucius,. As a treatise both on personal conduct and on government it is moral rather than mystical in tone, and advances a philosophy of meekness as the surest path to survival. In the clear English of D.C. Lau's translation this famous Chinese book can be enjoyed especially for its pure poetry.'"
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