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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... begin far be- low the level of man . Every creature must distinguish food from poi- son , security from danger , friend from foe : even the lowly amoeba , as H. S. Jennings describes its behavior , seems to know what it wants ...
... begin far be- low the level of man . Every creature must distinguish food from poi- son , security from danger , friend from foe : even the lowly amoeba , as H. S. Jennings describes its behavior , seems to know what it wants ...
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... begin perhaps to see why the sense of a pervasive purpose that encompasses all creation enters into every reasonable definition of the good . This purpose existed in nature , before man identified nature with the larger order of his own ...
... begin perhaps to see why the sense of a pervasive purpose that encompasses all creation enters into every reasonable definition of the good . This purpose existed in nature , before man identified nature with the larger order of his own ...
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... begin- ning with nature and eliminating , as far as possible , the operations of the personality , we must begin with the human personality , as the most inclusive and complete of all observable phenomena , since every other kind of ...
... begin- ning with nature and eliminating , as far as possible , the operations of the personality , we must begin with the human personality , as the most inclusive and complete of all observable phenomena , since every other kind of ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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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 ethics 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