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 124
... growth , crisis , and transcendence . And tempting though it may be to do so , one must not confuse the good with what is socially acceptable , or that which promotes the adjustment of the self to the group or the community ...
... growth , crisis , and transcendence . And tempting though it may be to do so , one must not confuse the good with what is socially acceptable , or that which promotes the adjustment of the self to the group or the community ...
Page 162
... growth is to come forth . In some sense pain and organic disharmony and psychological con- flict , so far from being wholly deplorable accidents , are among the requisites for development : for growth is a state of unbalance on the way ...
... growth is to come forth . In some sense pain and organic disharmony and psychological con- flict , so far from being wholly deplorable accidents , are among the requisites for development : for growth is a state of unbalance on the way ...
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... growth . The classic notion of balance allowed no place for the negative mo- ments of life : it dreamed of a timeless perfection that made no use of time itself , nor of the process of maturation , nor of trial and error , nor of sin ...
... growth . The classic notion of balance allowed no place for the negative mo- ments of life : it dreamed of a timeless perfection that made no use of time itself , nor of the process of maturation , nor of trial and error , nor of sin ...
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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