Top 10 books about human consciousness | Charles Foster

Authors from Carl Jung to Aldous Huxley and Susan Blackmore explore the deep mysteries of what it means to be a personDo you know what sort of animal you are? It ’s rather important to know. If you call yourself a humanist, for instance, don’t you need some idea of what a human is so that you can make sure your behaviour accords with your ethics? If you think that humans are just a little lower than the angels, as the Judaeo-Christian tradition says, sho uldn’t you know how much lower, so you can be appropriately aspirational but not frustrated or cocky?Related:Being a Human review – two go mad in the stone ageContinue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Science and nature books Culture Psychology Carl Jung Source Type: news