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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Page 114
... equally rapid re- covery . During that half - millennium , indeed , an extraordinary out- burst of human energy took place : it led to the colonization of the new world , to the mastery of the forces of nature , to the formulation of a ...
... equally rapid re- covery . During that half - millennium , indeed , an extraordinary out- burst of human energy took place : it led to the colonization of the new world , to the mastery of the forces of nature , to the formulation of a ...
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... equally positive , equally remark- able , in the " environment . " Likewise , presumably , chance was respon- sible for cumulative changes in a single direction , since in many in- stances small changes would not have the effect of ...
... equally positive , equally remark- able , in the " environment . " Likewise , presumably , chance was respon- sible for cumulative changes in a single direction , since in many in- stances small changes would not have the effect of ...
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... equally their very success would bring about life's own end ; and be- fore that happened the higher forms would die out . No choice can be sanely made in terms either of the will - to - live or the derivative doctrine of unqualified ...
... equally their very success would bring about life's own end ; and be- fore that happened the higher forms would die out . No choice can be sanely made in terms either of the will - to - live or the derivative doctrine of unqualified ...
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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