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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... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
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... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
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... limited animals escape . The institution of war is such a large - scale perversion : in origin , it may have sprung out of a struggle for a limited food supply in a narrow area ; and this act may have been prolonged beyond its natural ...
... limited animals escape . The institution of war is such a large - scale perversion : in origin , it may have sprung out of a struggle for a limited food supply in a narrow area ; and this act may have been prolonged beyond its natural ...
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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