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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... energy calls for continuous ef- fort . There is indeed a sort of dialectic opposition , throughout all crea- tion , between the tendency to fall into a state of stability and immo- bility , and the tendency to climb upward , to seize ...
... energy calls for continuous ef- fort . There is indeed a sort of dialectic opposition , throughout all crea- tion , between the tendency to fall into a state of stability and immo- bility , and the tendency to climb upward , to seize ...
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... energy not devoted wholly to the struggle for survival . This margin , observable in the most primitive culture , is also visible in man's physiological organization ; and its existence there offers a key to no small part of his ...
... energy not devoted wholly to the struggle for survival . This margin , observable in the most primitive culture , is also visible in man's physiological organization ; and its existence there offers a key to no small part of his ...
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... energy to public service in the community . That service cannot begin too early or be carried on too consistently ; for the resorption of government by the citizens of a democratic community is the only safeguard against those ...
... energy to public service in the community . That service cannot begin too early or be carried on too consistently ; for the resorption of government by the citizens of a democratic community is the only safeguard against those ...
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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