The Phenomenon Of Man
Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original edition for your reading pleasure. It is also searchable and contains hyper-links to chapters.
***
Contents:
Introduction: by Sir Julian Huxley
Preface
Foreword: Seeing
BOOK ONE: BEFORE LIFE CAME
Chapter I. The Stuff of the Universe
1. ELEMENTAL MATTER
A. Plurality
B. Unity
C. Energy
2. TOTAL MATTER
A. The System
B. The Totum
C. The Quantum
3. THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER
A. The Appearance
B. The Numerical Laws
Chapter II. The Within of Things
1. EXISTENCE
2. THE QUALITATIVE LAWS OF GROWTH
A. First Observation
B. Second Observation
C. Third Observation
3. SPIRITUAL ENERGY
A The problem of the Two Energies
B. A Line of Solution
Chapter III. The Earth in its Early Stages
1. THE WITHOUT
A. The Crystallising World
B. The Polymerising World
2. THE WITHIN
BOOK TWO: LIFE
Chapter I. The Advent of Life
1. THE TRANSIT TO LIFE
A. Micro-organisms and Mega-molecules
B. Forgotten Era
C. The Cellular Revolution
2. THE INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE
A. The Milieu
B. Smallness and Number
C. The Origin of Number
D. Inter-relationship and Shape
3. THE SEASON OF LIFE
Chapter II. The Expansion of Life
1. THE ELEMENTAL MOVEMENTS OF LIFE
A. Reproduction
B. Multiplication
C. Renovation
D. Conjugation
E. Association
F. Controlled Additivity
A COROLLARY: THE WAYS OF LIFE
2. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE LIVING MASS
A. Aggregates of Growth
B. The Flourishing of Maturity
C. Effects of Distance
3. THE TREE OF LIFE
A. The Main Lines
B. The Dimensions
C. The Evidence
Chapter III. Demeter
1. ARIADNE'S THREAD
2. THE RISE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
3. THE APPROACH OF TIME
BOOK THREE: THOUGHT
Chapter I. The Birth of Thought
1. THE THRESHOLD OF REFLECTION
A. The Threshold of the Element: the Hominisation of the Individual
B. The Threshold of the Phylum: the Hominisation of the Species
C. The Threshold of the Terrestrial Planet: The Noosphere
2. The Original Forms
Chapter II. The Deployment of the Noosphere
1. THE RAMIFYING PHASE OF THE PREHOMINIDS
2. THE GROUP OF THE NEANDERTHALOIDS
3. THE HOMO SAPIENS COMPLEX
4. THE NEOLITHIC METAMORPHOSIS
5. THE PROLONGATIONS OF THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE RISE OF THE WEST
Chapter III. The Modern Earth
1. THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
A. The Perception of Space-time
B. The Envelopment in Duration
C. The Illumination
2. THE PROBLEM OF ACTION
A. Modern Disquiet
B. The Requirements of the Future
C. The Dilemma and the Choice
BOOK FOUR: SURVIVAL
Chapter I. The Collective Issue
1. THE CONFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
A. Forced Coalescence
B. Mega-Synthesis
2. THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH
A. Mankind
B. Science
C. Unanimity
Chapter II. Beyond the Collective: the Hyper-Personal
1. THE CONVERGENCE OF THE PERSON AND THE OMEGA POINT
A. The Personal Universe
B. The Personalising Universe
2. LOVE AS ENERGY
3. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE OMEGA POINT
Chapter III. The Ultimate Earth
1. PROGNOSTICS TO BE SET ASIDE
2. THE APPROACHES
A. The Organisation of Research
B. The Discovery of the Human Object
C. The Conjunction of Science and Religion
3. THE ULTIMATE
Epilogue: The Christian Phenomenon
1. AXES OF BELIEF
2. EXISTENCE-VALUE
3. POWER OF GROWTH
Postscript: The Essence Of The Phenomenon Of Man
1. A WORLD IN INVOLUTION
2. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MAN
3. THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON
Appendix: Some remarks on the Place and Part of Evil in a World in Evolution
"1001320457"
***
Contents:
Introduction: by Sir Julian Huxley
Preface
Foreword: Seeing
BOOK ONE: BEFORE LIFE CAME
Chapter I. The Stuff of the Universe
1. ELEMENTAL MATTER
A. Plurality
B. Unity
C. Energy
2. TOTAL MATTER
A. The System
B. The Totum
C. The Quantum
3. THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER
A. The Appearance
B. The Numerical Laws
Chapter II. The Within of Things
1. EXISTENCE
2. THE QUALITATIVE LAWS OF GROWTH
A. First Observation
B. Second Observation
C. Third Observation
3. SPIRITUAL ENERGY
A The problem of the Two Energies
B. A Line of Solution
Chapter III. The Earth in its Early Stages
1. THE WITHOUT
A. The Crystallising World
B. The Polymerising World
2. THE WITHIN
BOOK TWO: LIFE
Chapter I. The Advent of Life
1. THE TRANSIT TO LIFE
A. Micro-organisms and Mega-molecules
B. Forgotten Era
C. The Cellular Revolution
2. THE INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE
A. The Milieu
B. Smallness and Number
C. The Origin of Number
D. Inter-relationship and Shape
3. THE SEASON OF LIFE
Chapter II. The Expansion of Life
1. THE ELEMENTAL MOVEMENTS OF LIFE
A. Reproduction
B. Multiplication
C. Renovation
D. Conjugation
E. Association
F. Controlled Additivity
A COROLLARY: THE WAYS OF LIFE
2. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE LIVING MASS
A. Aggregates of Growth
B. The Flourishing of Maturity
C. Effects of Distance
3. THE TREE OF LIFE
A. The Main Lines
B. The Dimensions
C. The Evidence
Chapter III. Demeter
1. ARIADNE'S THREAD
2. THE RISE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
3. THE APPROACH OF TIME
BOOK THREE: THOUGHT
Chapter I. The Birth of Thought
1. THE THRESHOLD OF REFLECTION
A. The Threshold of the Element: the Hominisation of the Individual
B. The Threshold of the Phylum: the Hominisation of the Species
C. The Threshold of the Terrestrial Planet: The Noosphere
2. The Original Forms
Chapter II. The Deployment of the Noosphere
1. THE RAMIFYING PHASE OF THE PREHOMINIDS
2. THE GROUP OF THE NEANDERTHALOIDS
3. THE HOMO SAPIENS COMPLEX
4. THE NEOLITHIC METAMORPHOSIS
5. THE PROLONGATIONS OF THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE RISE OF THE WEST
Chapter III. The Modern Earth
1. THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
A. The Perception of Space-time
B. The Envelopment in Duration
C. The Illumination
2. THE PROBLEM OF ACTION
A. Modern Disquiet
B. The Requirements of the Future
C. The Dilemma and the Choice
BOOK FOUR: SURVIVAL
Chapter I. The Collective Issue
1. THE CONFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
A. Forced Coalescence
B. Mega-Synthesis
2. THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH
A. Mankind
B. Science
C. Unanimity
Chapter II. Beyond the Collective: the Hyper-Personal
1. THE CONVERGENCE OF THE PERSON AND THE OMEGA POINT
A. The Personal Universe
B. The Personalising Universe
2. LOVE AS ENERGY
3. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE OMEGA POINT
Chapter III. The Ultimate Earth
1. PROGNOSTICS TO BE SET ASIDE
2. THE APPROACHES
A. The Organisation of Research
B. The Discovery of the Human Object
C. The Conjunction of Science and Religion
3. THE ULTIMATE
Epilogue: The Christian Phenomenon
1. AXES OF BELIEF
2. EXISTENCE-VALUE
3. POWER OF GROWTH
Postscript: The Essence Of The Phenomenon Of Man
1. A WORLD IN INVOLUTION
2. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MAN
3. THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON
Appendix: Some remarks on the Place and Part of Evil in a World in Evolution
The Phenomenon Of Man
Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original edition for your reading pleasure. It is also searchable and contains hyper-links to chapters.
***
Contents:
Introduction: by Sir Julian Huxley
Preface
Foreword: Seeing
BOOK ONE: BEFORE LIFE CAME
Chapter I. The Stuff of the Universe
1. ELEMENTAL MATTER
A. Plurality
B. Unity
C. Energy
2. TOTAL MATTER
A. The System
B. The Totum
C. The Quantum
3. THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER
A. The Appearance
B. The Numerical Laws
Chapter II. The Within of Things
1. EXISTENCE
2. THE QUALITATIVE LAWS OF GROWTH
A. First Observation
B. Second Observation
C. Third Observation
3. SPIRITUAL ENERGY
A The problem of the Two Energies
B. A Line of Solution
Chapter III. The Earth in its Early Stages
1. THE WITHOUT
A. The Crystallising World
B. The Polymerising World
2. THE WITHIN
BOOK TWO: LIFE
Chapter I. The Advent of Life
1. THE TRANSIT TO LIFE
A. Micro-organisms and Mega-molecules
B. Forgotten Era
C. The Cellular Revolution
2. THE INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE
A. The Milieu
B. Smallness and Number
C. The Origin of Number
D. Inter-relationship and Shape
3. THE SEASON OF LIFE
Chapter II. The Expansion of Life
1. THE ELEMENTAL MOVEMENTS OF LIFE
A. Reproduction
B. Multiplication
C. Renovation
D. Conjugation
E. Association
F. Controlled Additivity
A COROLLARY: THE WAYS OF LIFE
2. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE LIVING MASS
A. Aggregates of Growth
B. The Flourishing of Maturity
C. Effects of Distance
3. THE TREE OF LIFE
A. The Main Lines
B. The Dimensions
C. The Evidence
Chapter III. Demeter
1. ARIADNE'S THREAD
2. THE RISE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
3. THE APPROACH OF TIME
BOOK THREE: THOUGHT
Chapter I. The Birth of Thought
1. THE THRESHOLD OF REFLECTION
A. The Threshold of the Element: the Hominisation of the Individual
B. The Threshold of the Phylum: the Hominisation of the Species
C. The Threshold of the Terrestrial Planet: The Noosphere
2. The Original Forms
Chapter II. The Deployment of the Noosphere
1. THE RAMIFYING PHASE OF THE PREHOMINIDS
2. THE GROUP OF THE NEANDERTHALOIDS
3. THE HOMO SAPIENS COMPLEX
4. THE NEOLITHIC METAMORPHOSIS
5. THE PROLONGATIONS OF THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE RISE OF THE WEST
Chapter III. The Modern Earth
1. THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
A. The Perception of Space-time
B. The Envelopment in Duration
C. The Illumination
2. THE PROBLEM OF ACTION
A. Modern Disquiet
B. The Requirements of the Future
C. The Dilemma and the Choice
BOOK FOUR: SURVIVAL
Chapter I. The Collective Issue
1. THE CONFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
A. Forced Coalescence
B. Mega-Synthesis
2. THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH
A. Mankind
B. Science
C. Unanimity
Chapter II. Beyond the Collective: the Hyper-Personal
1. THE CONVERGENCE OF THE PERSON AND THE OMEGA POINT
A. The Personal Universe
B. The Personalising Universe
2. LOVE AS ENERGY
3. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE OMEGA POINT
Chapter III. The Ultimate Earth
1. PROGNOSTICS TO BE SET ASIDE
2. THE APPROACHES
A. The Organisation of Research
B. The Discovery of the Human Object
C. The Conjunction of Science and Religion
3. THE ULTIMATE
Epilogue: The Christian Phenomenon
1. AXES OF BELIEF
2. EXISTENCE-VALUE
3. POWER OF GROWTH
Postscript: The Essence Of The Phenomenon Of Man
1. A WORLD IN INVOLUTION
2. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MAN
3. THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON
Appendix: Some remarks on the Place and Part of Evil in a World in Evolution
***
Contents:
Introduction: by Sir Julian Huxley
Preface
Foreword: Seeing
BOOK ONE: BEFORE LIFE CAME
Chapter I. The Stuff of the Universe
1. ELEMENTAL MATTER
A. Plurality
B. Unity
C. Energy
2. TOTAL MATTER
A. The System
B. The Totum
C. The Quantum
3. THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER
A. The Appearance
B. The Numerical Laws
Chapter II. The Within of Things
1. EXISTENCE
2. THE QUALITATIVE LAWS OF GROWTH
A. First Observation
B. Second Observation
C. Third Observation
3. SPIRITUAL ENERGY
A The problem of the Two Energies
B. A Line of Solution
Chapter III. The Earth in its Early Stages
1. THE WITHOUT
A. The Crystallising World
B. The Polymerising World
2. THE WITHIN
BOOK TWO: LIFE
Chapter I. The Advent of Life
1. THE TRANSIT TO LIFE
A. Micro-organisms and Mega-molecules
B. Forgotten Era
C. The Cellular Revolution
2. THE INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF LIFE
A. The Milieu
B. Smallness and Number
C. The Origin of Number
D. Inter-relationship and Shape
3. THE SEASON OF LIFE
Chapter II. The Expansion of Life
1. THE ELEMENTAL MOVEMENTS OF LIFE
A. Reproduction
B. Multiplication
C. Renovation
D. Conjugation
E. Association
F. Controlled Additivity
A COROLLARY: THE WAYS OF LIFE
2. THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE LIVING MASS
A. Aggregates of Growth
B. The Flourishing of Maturity
C. Effects of Distance
3. THE TREE OF LIFE
A. The Main Lines
B. The Dimensions
C. The Evidence
Chapter III. Demeter
1. ARIADNE'S THREAD
2. THE RISE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
3. THE APPROACH OF TIME
BOOK THREE: THOUGHT
Chapter I. The Birth of Thought
1. THE THRESHOLD OF REFLECTION
A. The Threshold of the Element: the Hominisation of the Individual
B. The Threshold of the Phylum: the Hominisation of the Species
C. The Threshold of the Terrestrial Planet: The Noosphere
2. The Original Forms
Chapter II. The Deployment of the Noosphere
1. THE RAMIFYING PHASE OF THE PREHOMINIDS
2. THE GROUP OF THE NEANDERTHALOIDS
3. THE HOMO SAPIENS COMPLEX
4. THE NEOLITHIC METAMORPHOSIS
5. THE PROLONGATIONS OF THE NEOLITHIC AGE AND THE RISE OF THE WEST
Chapter III. The Modern Earth
1. THE DISCOVERY OF EVOLUTION
A. The Perception of Space-time
B. The Envelopment in Duration
C. The Illumination
2. THE PROBLEM OF ACTION
A. Modern Disquiet
B. The Requirements of the Future
C. The Dilemma and the Choice
BOOK FOUR: SURVIVAL
Chapter I. The Collective Issue
1. THE CONFLUENCE OF THOUGHT
A. Forced Coalescence
B. Mega-Synthesis
2. THE SPIRIT OF THE EARTH
A. Mankind
B. Science
C. Unanimity
Chapter II. Beyond the Collective: the Hyper-Personal
1. THE CONVERGENCE OF THE PERSON AND THE OMEGA POINT
A. The Personal Universe
B. The Personalising Universe
2. LOVE AS ENERGY
3. THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE OMEGA POINT
Chapter III. The Ultimate Earth
1. PROGNOSTICS TO BE SET ASIDE
2. THE APPROACHES
A. The Organisation of Research
B. The Discovery of the Human Object
C. The Conjunction of Science and Religion
3. THE ULTIMATE
Epilogue: The Christian Phenomenon
1. AXES OF BELIEF
2. EXISTENCE-VALUE
3. POWER OF GROWTH
Postscript: The Essence Of The Phenomenon Of Man
1. A WORLD IN INVOLUTION
2. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MAN
3. THE SOCIAL PHENOMENON
Appendix: Some remarks on the Place and Part of Evil in a World in Evolution
4.95
In Stock
5
1
The Phenomenon Of Man
The Phenomenon Of Man
eBook
$4.95
Related collections and offers
4.95
In Stock
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940012882820 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Leila's Books |
| Publication date: | 06/21/2011 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 815,074 |
| File size: | 770 KB |
From the B&N Reads Blog
Customer Reviews
Explore More Items
