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 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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... never to use a motor car where one might easily walk , never to ac- quire information or knowledge except for the satisfaction of some immediate or prospective want — such modes of simplification , though individually insignificant ...
... never to use a motor car where one might easily walk , never to ac- quire information or knowledge except for the satisfaction of some immediate or prospective want — such modes of simplification , though individually insignificant ...
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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