The Riddle Of The Origin Of Consciousness | D. Guryev

 The book is devoted to one of the most complex phenomena on Earth - human consciousness. The author expounds in a popular form contemporary data on the origin of consciousness as the highest form of reflecting reality. He analyses the role of labour in the formation of thinking, the latter's association with the biological prerequisites and the process of the origin of society. Revealed in the work is the specific quality of consciousness, its association with man's speech, brain and social behaviour.