The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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... dynamic equilibrium necessary for growth and self - fulfillment . Within the body itself there is a hierarchy of functions , however , and this hierarchic order leaves its imprint on many remoter areas of life . There are , for instance ...
... dynamic equilibrium necessary for growth and self - fulfillment . Within the body itself there is a hierarchy of functions , however , and this hierarchic order leaves its imprint on many remoter areas of life . There are , for instance ...
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... dynamic equilibrium . 2 : THE REASON FOR BALANCE Modern man , committed to the ideology of the machine , has suc- ceeded in creating a lopsided world , which favors certain aspects of the personality that were long suppressed , but ...
... dynamic equilibrium . 2 : THE REASON FOR BALANCE Modern man , committed to the ideology of the machine , has suc- ceeded in creating a lopsided world , which favors certain aspects of the personality that were long suppressed , but ...
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... dynamic equilibrium , to release the latent potentialities which either outside pressures or failures of insight have kept in check . Self- knowledge is essential to the cultivation of that kind of humility out of which effective co ...
... dynamic equilibrium , to release the latent potentialities which either outside pressures or failures of insight have kept in check . Self- knowledge is essential to the cultivation of that kind of humility out of which effective co ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action active animal become biological type bring Buddhist capable capacity century Christian civilization concept conscious cosmic create creative creatures culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic dynamic equilibrium effect effort elements emergence essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation isolationism lack life's living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy produce promethean psychodrama purpose religion renewal response role romanticism routine Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole world government York