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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... never escape , and accordingly never more absurdly limited than when he fancies he has stepped out of this modest role : a creature con- soling himself for his low estate and his niggardly inheritance by seeking pleasures that will never ...
... never escape , and accordingly never more absurdly limited than when he fancies he has stepped out of this modest role : a creature con- soling himself for his low estate and his niggardly inheritance by seeking pleasures that will never ...
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... never happened to me to succeed in making a phrase by taking words at random from a dic- tionary ; I know that I have never succeeded in composing an air by touching at random the keys of a piano . . . . I know that I cannot co ...
... never happened to me to succeed in making a phrase by taking words at random from a dic- tionary ; I know that I have never succeeded in composing an air by touching at random the keys of a piano . . . . I know that I cannot co ...
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... never experiencing disharmonies , never encountering crises , wholly at one with himself and with his environment . William Morris , in News from Nowhere , conceived such a two - dimensional wall- paper world , without strong highlights ...
... never experiencing disharmonies , never encountering crises , wholly at one with himself and with his environment . William Morris , in News from Nowhere , conceived such a two - dimensional wall- paper world , without strong highlights ...
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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