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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... environment , but with a multitude of other organisms . Living organisms , by the most complex and far- reaching operations , form food - chains and work - chains that extend from the bacteria in the soil and the air to the domesticated ...
... environment , but with a multitude of other organisms . Living organisms , by the most complex and far- reaching operations , form food - chains and work - chains that extend from the bacteria in the soil and the air to the domesticated ...
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... environment to human dimensions : abstracting from its totality just so much as he could handle and control . The very formal qualities of words served as an instrument for understanding and directing the everlasting flow of things : it ...
... environment to human dimensions : abstracting from its totality just so much as he could handle and control . The very formal qualities of words served as an instrument for understanding and directing the everlasting flow of things : it ...
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... environment : the land- scape of his daily life envelops his fantasy . If he suffers from heat , like the tribes of the desert , his Hell will be an eternity of fire and brimstone : if he gets lost in exploring the limestone caves of ...
... environment : the land- scape of his daily life envelops his fantasy . If he suffers from heat , like the tribes of the desert , his Hell will be an eternity of fire and brimstone : if he gets lost in exploring the limestone caves 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