The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution. P. D. Ouspensky’s ‘The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution’ was published shortly after his death in 1947 together with In Search of the Miraculous. It describes how and why man must work simultaneously on his knowledge and his being to find inner unity. From the book:
And here we come at once to a very important fact. Man does not know himself. He does not know his own limitations and his own possibilities. He does not even know to how great an extent he does not know himself.
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Ouspensky The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution
So, by all reasonable estimates, this work belongs in the public domain. Is that correct?
Hans seems astute to what is in copyright domain, and out. This is proven when two of Ouspensky’s books, once available in 2010, were re-published later and not now available, ref.
1) A New Model of the Universe, and,
2) In Search of the Miraculous,
both now removed for download, as indicated.
So, is it reasonable to say that ‘POMPE’ is secure as a free being in the greater public domain?
Steve
Someone stated recently when I offered that this book was available from Holy Books the following:
“Unfortunately, O.’s wife registered it after his death and it still belongs to descendants via inheritance. Thus any pdf of it is illegal.”
How he could know this baffles me because it has been available since June 2010, and I first downloaded it back then. No new edition seen, as far as I know.
Steve