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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... concept of evolution . The revolt against Spencer's sys- tem , led in the United States by William James , was not merely directed against his weaknesses : it was the rejection by an age of chaotic specialization against any at- tempt ...
... concept of evolution . The revolt against Spencer's sys- tem , led in the United States by William James , was not merely directed against his weaknesses : it was the rejection by an age of chaotic specialization against any at- tempt ...
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... concept of mechanism applies also to his concept of organism , which is no more ultimate . Symbolism ; Its Meaning and Effect . New York : 1927 . Recommended . The Aims of Education and Other Essays . New York : 1929 . Whitehead ...
... concept of mechanism applies also to his concept of organism , which is no more ultimate . Symbolism ; Its Meaning and Effect . New York : 1927 . Recommended . The Aims of Education and Other Essays . New York : 1929 . Whitehead ...
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... concept of process and change the author fails to do justice to the static and " eternal " aspects of experience ... concepts that underlie The Conduct of Life seek to escape this weakness and do justice to all the dimensions of ...
... concept of process and change the author fails to do justice to the static and " eternal " aspects of experience ... concepts that underlie The Conduct of Life seek to escape this weakness and do justice to all the dimensions of ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action active animal become biological type bring Buddhist 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 ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu human personality ical 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 routine Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole world government York