Aids to memory
This book deals with how to aid our memory and how to develop, train and use it.
In the building of character and individuality, the memory plays an important part, for upon the strength of the impressions received, and the firmness with which they are retained, depends the fibre of character and individuality. Our experiences are indeed the stepping stones to greater attainments, and at the same time our guides and protectors from danger. If the memory serves us well in this respect we are saved the pain of repeating the mistakes of the past, and may also profit by remembering and thus avoiding the mistakes of others...
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Harry Dexter Kitson, born in 1886 in Mishawaka, Indiana, taught applied psychology at Teachers' College, Columbia University. He was a charter member of the American Psychological Association and a pioneer in the field of vocational guidance. His main field of professional interest throughout his life, and it would definitely be incorrect to rank him among the precursors of quantitative linguistics.
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 - November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.
He wrote an estimated 100 books, all in the last 30 years of his life. He was mentioned in past editions of Who's Who in America, in Religious Leaders of America, and in similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.
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In the building of character and individuality, the memory plays an important part, for upon the strength of the impressions received, and the firmness with which they are retained, depends the fibre of character and individuality. Our experiences are indeed the stepping stones to greater attainments, and at the same time our guides and protectors from danger. If the memory serves us well in this respect we are saved the pain of repeating the mistakes of the past, and may also profit by remembering and thus avoiding the mistakes of others...
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Harry Dexter Kitson, born in 1886 in Mishawaka, Indiana, taught applied psychology at Teachers' College, Columbia University. He was a charter member of the American Psychological Association and a pioneer in the field of vocational guidance. His main field of professional interest throughout his life, and it would definitely be incorrect to rank him among the precursors of quantitative linguistics.
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 - November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.
He wrote an estimated 100 books, all in the last 30 years of his life. He was mentioned in past editions of Who's Who in America, in Religious Leaders of America, and in similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.
Alfred Fouillée
Alfred Fouillée (1838–1912) fut un philosophe et sociologue français, figure majeure de la pensée du XIXe siècle. Professeur à l’Université de Bordeaux puis à la Sorbonne, il est connu pour ses travaux sur la morale, l’art et la religion, ainsi que pour ses réflexions sur l’évolutionnisme social. Son œuvre, marquée par une approche critique et humaniste, a influencé la philosophie française et continue d’alimenter les débats contemporains sur l’éthique et la société. *La Morale, l’Art et la Religion d’après Guyau* reste l’un de ses textes les plus emblématiques, où il analyse les idées de Jean-Marie Guyau, autre philosophe important de son époque.
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