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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... function in the body , or in what direction the organic hierarchy leads . The highest functions are those of the nervous system ; and they culminate in the over - developed and still only partly used organ that is responsible for the ...
... function in the body , or in what direction the organic hierarchy leads . The highest functions are those of the nervous system ; and they culminate in the over - developed and still only partly used organ that is responsible for the ...
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... functions to ensure their fullest contribution to the whole proc- ess of growth ; but not to allow them to usurp the place of the higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions - as ...
... functions to ensure their fullest contribution to the whole proc- ess of growth ; but not to allow them to usurp the place of the higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions - as ...
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... functions to a guiding purpose : in fine , toward the creation of a mean- ingful and valuable world . The slightest impairment of activity in the forebrain , either through drugs or overt injury , first destroys the sym- bolic functions ...
... functions to a guiding purpose : in fine , toward the creation of a mean- ingful and valuable world . The slightest impairment of activity in the forebrain , either through drugs or overt injury , first destroys the sym- bolic functions ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action active animal become biological type body bring Buddhism 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 Hinduism human personality 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 Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego symbols teleology tion Toynbee transformation unity universal values whole world government York