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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... goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure is consciously and deliberately ... goals . At this point , he who pretends to have an ex- planation , or even a system of explanation , not merely lacks ...
... goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure is consciously and deliberately ... goals . At this point , he who pretends to have an ex- planation , or even a system of explanation , not merely lacks ...
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... goal and in turn contribute to the fulfillment of that goal . The meaning of the single sentence , in other words , derives from the larger design ; yet even the author could not describe in advance all the details of that larger design ...
... goal and in turn contribute to the fulfillment of that goal . The meaning of the single sentence , in other words , derives from the larger design ; yet even the author could not describe in advance all the details of that larger design ...
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... goal enables it to be to some extent manifested and realized in the present moment : if in one sense life involves perpetual struggle and self - transcendence , there is at the same time a quiet pool of being in which the most dis- tant ...
... goal enables it to be to some extent manifested and realized in the present moment : if in one sense life involves perpetual struggle and self - transcendence , there is at the same time a quiet pool of being in which the most dis- tant ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action activities animal balance become biological biological type bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creature culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic equilibrium effort elements emergence energy environment essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention isolationism 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 primitive produce psychodrama purpose rational religion religious renewal response role romanticism sacrifice Schweitzer seek self-fabrication sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego survival symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole York