The second volume of Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling contains Part IV of the six parts which will eventually compose Susanne Langer's masterwork. It confronts the crucial issue of "The Great Shift" from animal to man.
Susanne Langer is professor emeritus of philosophy and currently research scholar at Connecticut College. She is the author of Philosophy in a New Key, Feeling and Form, and Philosophical Sketches.
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Langer has brought to light ideas of astonishing depth, exactness, power and reach... The emanations may well leave their trace on all of us. Washington Post A great and beautiful work of genius... A conceptual scheme of such radiance that no one who wishes to think deeply about mentality and behavior will be able to do without it. Chicago Daily News, reviewing the complete edition
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Ackowledgments, Volume IIList of IllustrationsChapter 12. On Repertoire and InstinctChapter 13. Animal Acts and AmbientsChapter 14. On Animal ValuesChapter 15. InterpretationsCHapter 16. The Specialization of ManChapter 17. Symbols and the Evolution of MindChapter 18. Symbols and the Human WorldBibliographyIndex
