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 89
... observation of the stability of the elements , there was little hope that this dream could be realized : indeed , the more knowledge accumulated , up to a point , the more baseless it seemed . Forty years ago , no one doubted that ...
... observation of the stability of the elements , there was little hope that this dream could be realized : indeed , the more knowledge accumulated , up to a point , the more baseless it seemed . Forty years ago , no one doubted that ...
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... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation- and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation- and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
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... observation remains inoperative for the greater part of their history : to keep even the meanest community going from day to day calls for an enormous mass of repetitive ef- fort , putting brakes on dangerous tendencies , speeding ...
... observation remains inoperative for the greater part of their history : to keep even the meanest community going from day to day calls for an enormous mass of repetitive ef- fort , putting brakes on dangerous tendencies , speeding ...
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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