Originality (Classic Reprint): A Popular Study of the Creative Mind: A Popular Study of the Creative Mind (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

T. Sharper Knowlson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330370279 ISBN 13: 9781330370278

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how creativity grows and what holds it back, in a clear, practical study of the creative mind.

This book surveys the forces that shape original thought, from education and social pressures to our sense of history. It asks how the past can distort innovation and how new ideas can break free to move societies forward. The discussion is grounded in accessible examples and aims to help readers understand the conditions that foster true originality.

• Learn how the sense of history can both hinder and help creative work.


• See how independence of thought and supportive environments boost originality.


• Explore how education, culture, and daily life influence creative progress.


• Find practical ideas for nurturing inventiveness in study, work, and life.

Ideal for readers curious about creativity, intellectual history, and the habits that unlock the mind.

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Excerpt from Originality: A Popular Study of the Creative Mind The object of the pages that follow is, first, to show the importance of a study of creative thought and to develop an interest in it; next, to offer some suggestions as to the natural history of mind in its most inspired moments; finally, to institute a regime for the individual whereby he may secure the highest mental efficiency. That the programme is ambitious I know only too well, but I desire to draw attention to the limits imposed upon my treatment of the subject. I have addressed myself to general readers of the more thoughtful type, not to psychological students, except in so far as all intelligent people are nowadays included in that category. This, whilst compelling an observance of the scientific method, has naturally demanded a practical study of the mind at work - i.e. psychology caught in the very act, not the formal science of the text-book. Such a method, however, cannot be safely pursued without the assistance of experts, and my pages bear ample witness to the fact that I have consulted their views. But it is a method that selects practical values as the criterion of worth in preference to systematic treatment on theoretical lines. The civilised world appears to be preparing for a new era in which the strategy and tactics of war are to be applied to commerce. Will the Race go to the swift and the battle to the strong? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that rema

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330370279
• ISBN 13: 9781330370278
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 322