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Any text to some degree reveals the personality of its author, and this new volume on personality is no exception. The meticulous methodologies, tremendous scope of knowledge, and organizational capacity of the author are brilliantly reflected in this new book on a most difficult topic.
Fundamentally, the author has given us a biosocial approach which is important since the old organism-as-a-whole concept must be modified to an organism-as-a-whole-in-an-environment one. Some of the best chapters are those dealing with heredity, constitution, canalization, and conditioning. Here is one of the soundest expositions available in the current literature. The section on symbols is of interest although the semanticists will rightly feel that it is somewhat superficial in comparison to the chapters preceding it. But the volume is not limited exclusively to biological thinking. All schools of thought are brought together and melded in a truly functional manner, a difficult job from any point of view.
It is not possible, of course, to cover even the titles of the chapters adequately in review without utilizing undue space. Suffice it to say that in the author's thousand pages he has more comprehensively discussed the various ramifications and problems of personality than any author to date. He has brought together in working order material from the heterogeneous specialties concerned with the subject. Best yet, he has welded these different concepts into a readable and understandable volume. It is unqualifiedly recommended to workers who deal in any way with human beings.