# Special talents and defects

Author: Hollingworth, Leta Stetter, 1886-1939

Genre: Category: Psychiatry/Psychology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74232

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Special+talents+and+defects+Hollingworth&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Since reflective men began to record their speculations, theories have been expressed concerning the nature and relationships of mental functions. Plato in _The Republic_ contemplated the importance of knowledge in this field. “Come now and we will ask you a question: when you spoke of a nature gifted or not gifted in any respect, did you mean to say that one man will acquire a thing easily, another with difficulty; a little learning will lead the one to discover a great deal; whereas the other, after much study and application, no sooner learns than he forgets; or, again, did you mean that the one has a body which is a good servant to his mind, while the body of the other is a hindrance...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/special-talents-and-defects-74232/chapters/6/index.md)