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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... tion of dream or to permit its untrammeled exercise , may also explain the lack of self - confidence and the imaginative paralysis that leads to the death of a civilization . People in that state can conceive no alterna- tive to their ...
... tion of dream or to permit its untrammeled exercise , may also explain the lack of self - confidence and the imaginative paralysis that leads to the death of a civilization . People in that state can conceive no alterna- tive to their ...
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... tion , a more complete disintegration may come about . Now that certain life - preservative taboos have generally broken down our present lead- ers would be capable , in a conflict between the nations , of turning the whole planet into ...
... tion , a more complete disintegration may come about . Now that certain life - preservative taboos have generally broken down our present lead- ers would be capable , in a conflict between the nations , of turning the whole planet into ...
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... tion . Its more positive , non - reactionary ideals , the appreciation of spontaneity it shares with Taoism , its emphasis on feeling and emo- tion and sensibility , its respect for the organic , its affirmation of the imaginative arts ...
... tion . Its more positive , non - reactionary ideals , the appreciation of spontaneity it shares with Taoism , its emphasis on feeling and emo- tion and sensibility , its respect for the organic , its affirmation of the imaginative arts ...
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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