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The survival of the wisest

Title
The survival of the wisest / Jonas Salk.
Author
Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995.
Publication
New York : Harper & Row, ©1973.

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Description
xii, 124 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Subject
  • Human beings
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Wisdom
  • Self (Philosophy)
  • Human evolution
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Philosophy
  • Biological Evolution
  • Philosophy
  • Humans
  • Homo sapiens (species)
  • evolution
  • philosophy
  • Human beings
  • Human evolution
  • Philosophy of nature
  • Wisdom
  • Leven
  • Kwaliteit
  • Bewustzijn
  • Evolutie
  • Filosofische antropologie
Contents
Introduction : the wisdom of nature -- A way to perceive -- The sigmoid curve -- What happens at the point of inflection? -- Conflict in values -- Biologic analogues of the being and the ego -- The physical, the biological, and the metabiological -- Mutations -- A new kind of human animal -- Beyond coexistence : the need for balanced coalescence -- To distinguish the wholesome from the sick -- Man, his own victim -- The philosophy of "and" -- Emergence of being from ego domination -- Transition from epoch A to epoch B -- Cosmic perspective -- To behave "as if" -- Conclusion : wisdom, a new kind of fitness.
ISBN
  • 006013738X
  • 9780060137380
LCCN
72011875
OCLC
  • ocm00595310
  • 595310
  • SCSB-187311
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library