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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Page 87
... observation and systematic measurement are possible in dealing with the nature of man , the traditional descriptions of religion must be supplemented with the causal interpretation of science . But the kernel of religious consciousness ...
... observation and systematic measurement are possible in dealing with the nature of man , the traditional descriptions of religion must be supplemented with the causal interpretation of science . But the kernel of religious consciousness ...
Page 131
... observation : they presumed , for example , that the course of the planets was a cir- cular one , because the circle was supposedly more perfect than any other figure ; or they imputed to providence the detailed evolution of nature ...
... observation : they presumed , for example , that the course of the planets was a cir- cular one , because the circle was supposedly more perfect than any other figure ; or they imputed to providence the detailed evolution of nature ...
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... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation— and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation— and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
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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