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THE entity known as mind, so far as appearances go, would seem to exist only in certain highly developed organisms-man, and possibly to some degree in the higher mammals. The actual nature of mind is much of a mystery, and likely to remain so. The generally accepted theory is that it has been developed in the creature to enable it to cope successfully with its environment. On this view it would not be an instrument capable of solving tile mysteries of the universe. Nor would a mind-endowed species be entitled to regard itself as of peculiar importance in the scheme of things.
Man and his Meaning
By Dr. J. Parton Milum. Pp. 125. (London: Skeffington and Son, Ltd., 1945.) 15s. net.
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HARDWICK, J. Man and his Meaning. Nature 157, 89 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157089a0
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