Hero, artist, sage, or saint? : a survey of views on what is variously called mental health, normality, maturity, self-actualization, and human fulfillment / Richard W. Coan.

New York : Columbia University Press, 1977.

xiii, 322 pages ; 24 cm

Copy 1. Donor: Family of Hugh Freeman.

Basic perspectives on the optimal personality -- Traditions in western thought -- Western thought in the modern era -- Traditions in eastern thought -- Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis -- Carl Jung and analytical psychology -- Other theories related to psychoanalysis -- Existential philosophy and psychology -- Other contemporary perspectives -- The optimal personality: a reexamination of the domain.

Includes bibliographical references and index.