The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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... growth and reproduction , as in the fern , to mimic leaves or twigs or more poisonous creatures - for countless eons these efforts sufficed to absorb the vital energies of every species . Along with the most prudent kinds of adaptation ...
... growth and reproduction , as in the fern , to mimic leaves or twigs or more poisonous creatures - for countless eons these efforts sufficed to absorb the vital energies of every species . Along with the most prudent kinds of adaptation ...
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... growth is to come forth . In some sense pain and organic disharmony and psychological con- flict , so far from being wholly deplorable accidents , are among the requisites for development : for growth is a state of unbalance on the way ...
... growth is to come forth . In some sense pain and organic disharmony and psychological con- flict , so far from being wholly deplorable accidents , are among the requisites for development : for growth is a state of unbalance on the way ...
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... growth . The classic notion of balance allowed no place for the negative mo- ments of life : it dreamed of a timeless perfection that made no use of time itself , nor of the process of maturation , nor of trial and error , nor of sin ...
... growth . The classic notion of balance allowed no place for the negative mo- ments of life : it dreamed of a timeless perfection that made no use of time itself , nor of the process of maturation , nor of trial and error , nor of sin ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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achieved action activities animal become biological type body bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creatures culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic dynamic equilibrium effect effort elements emergence essential ethics evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention 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 practice present present philosophy produce promethean psychodrama purpose religion renewal response role romanticism Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spiritual super-ego symbols teleology tion Toynbee transformation unity universal values whole world government York