Main description:

Bion's central thesis in this volume is that for the study of people, whether individually or in groups, a cardinal requisite is accurate observation, accompanied by accurate appreciation and formulation of the observations so made. The study represents a further development of a theme introduced in the author's earlier works, particularly in Eleme

Contents:

Introduction -- Medicine as a Model -- Reality Sensuous and Psychic -- Opacity of Memory and Desire -- Theories: Particular Instance or General Configuration -- The Mystic and the Group -- Container and Contained -- Vertices: Evolution -- Ultimate Reality -- Visual Images and Invariants -- Lies and the Thinker -- Container and Contained Transformed -- Prelude to or Substitute for Achievement