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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... rational , of the tribal to the universal , of the habitual to the conscious , of closed to open forms of co - operation . Aided by the expansion of his technical facili- ties - but aided even more by deeper insight into the processes ...
... rational , of the tribal to the universal , of the habitual to the conscious , of closed to open forms of co - operation . Aided by the expansion of his technical facili- ties - but aided even more by deeper insight into the processes ...
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... rational preoccupation with static objects . On the contrary , lan- guage developed far more rapidly and effectively than mechanical tools ; and it was probably in origin primarily a means of representing labile feelings and attitudes ...
... rational preoccupation with static objects . On the contrary , lan- guage developed far more rapidly and effectively than mechanical tools ; and it was probably in origin primarily a means of representing labile feelings and attitudes ...
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... rational , more directed , more rigorous , more conventional , than the imagined behavior that takes place in sleep : this is largely true . But the life of early man was not so definitely organized into rational and irrational ...
... rational , more directed , more rigorous , more conventional , than the imagined behavior that takes place in sleep : this is largely true . But the life of early man was not so definitely organized into rational and irrational ...
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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