{"product_id":"the-growth-of-mind-9781138327832","title":"The Growth of Mind","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Growth of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e is the product of a series of ten lectures by Neville Symington. It offers an understanding of the mind and its capacity to discover truth, establishing this as the foundation stone for our judgment and critique of the human world. Although the book's field of exploration lies in psychological processes met in the consulting-room, grounded in the general principles of psycho-analysis, the book's mode of enquiry is to elucidate a knowledge of individual people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring the mind's \u003ci\u003eactive\u003c\/i\u003e role in understanding, the book suggests that the act of understanding has a transformative function, and that to be a person is to be a part of a community. It suggests that the super-ego is a sign of some undeveloped function within the personality. If the ego and all its functions are fully evolved, then the super-ego will only be minimally present in the personality. Symington posits that the unconscious represents an agglomerative mass in an undif\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: on overview\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The core of the personality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 The unformed ego\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Foundation for growth of mind \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Consequences of mother’s contemplation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Hypnotic power \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Unfocussed stare \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 The knowledge of being \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Creative intercourse between analyst and patient, between mother and child, between teacher and student \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 What is it that is unconscious? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019481284951,"sku":"9781138327832","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138327832.jpg?v=1750780399","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-growth-of-mind-9781138327832","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}