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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... disintegrating civilization , only hastens that disintegration by his inherent contempt for the normal operations of personality . Precisely because of his love of power , he can make no use of the power of love . So the last stage in ...
... disintegrating civilization , only hastens that disintegration by his inherent contempt for the normal operations of personality . Precisely because of his love of power , he can make no use of the power of love . So the last stage in ...
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... disintegration may already be getting the upper hand . But the fact is that the most disturbing symptom of disintegration is an inner one . What keeps men from recognizing the danger of their present state is not merely the old ...
... disintegration may already be getting the upper hand . But the fact is that the most disturbing symptom of disintegration is an inner one . What keeps men from recognizing the danger of their present state is not merely the old ...
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... disintegration and barbarism I have been abstractly de- scribing are fully in view : the faceless and heartless man , the gangster , the connoisseur of violence who has devaluated everything about life except the instruments for ...
... disintegration and barbarism I have been abstractly de- scribing are fully in view : the faceless and heartless man , the gangster , the connoisseur of violence who has devaluated everything about life except the instruments for ...
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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