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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... impulses that it expresses . There is in addition a much closer connection be- tween need and dream - satisfaction ... impulse and points the way to an appropriate goal or to a line of action : sometimes to future alterna- tives of ...
... impulses that it expresses . There is in addition a much closer connection be- tween need and dream - satisfaction ... impulse and points the way to an appropriate goal or to a line of action : sometimes to future alterna- tives of ...
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... impulses and appetites , lead men to pain and grief , so that the mass of men , by the very gift of life , are drowned in misery , while even the most fortunate , whose head is temporarily above water , will sooner or later be swallowed ...
... impulses and appetites , lead men to pain and grief , so that the mass of men , by the very gift of life , are drowned in misery , while even the most fortunate , whose head is temporarily above water , will sooner or later be swallowed ...
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... impulses we have suppressed and reviled , in order to conform to the fossilized or decay- ing institutions of our time , are precisely those impulses that should be respectfully heeded and obeyed . We know that the destination of this ...
... impulses we have suppressed and reviled , in order to conform to the fossilized or decay- ing institutions of our time , are precisely those impulses that should be respectfully heeded and obeyed . We know that the destination of this ...
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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