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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... understand the nature of man , accordingly , we must first of all understand this prologue ; that is , we must take man as we now find him , in all his historic complexity : no bare animal shivering in his skin , groping in the dark ...
... understand the nature of man , accordingly , we must first of all understand this prologue ; that is , we must take man as we now find him , in all his historic complexity : no bare animal shivering in his skin , groping in the dark ...
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... understand things well only by creating them : so in the effort to understand the universe , he was disposed , in conformity with his own nature , to assume a creator who stands out- side his creation and commands it . In an effort to ...
... understand things well only by creating them : so in the effort to understand the universe , he was disposed , in conformity with his own nature , to assume a creator who stands out- side his creation and commands it . In an effort to ...
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... understand how and why a cycle of culture or civilization develops , flourishes , and comes to an end . Spengler , using the simplest but most deceptive of analogies , suggested that all cul- tures went through the cycle of the seasons ...
... understand how and why a cycle of culture or civilization develops , flourishes , and comes to an end . Spengler , using the simplest but most deceptive of analogies , suggested that all cul- tures went through the cycle of the seasons ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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