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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... fact of human experience : the fact of de - building , disorganiza- tion , degradation . William Morton Wheeler's discussion of Emergent Evolution is exemplary , because he fully reckons with these possibilities of Abbau , or de ...
... fact of human experience : the fact of de - building , disorganiza- tion , degradation . William Morton Wheeler's discussion of Emergent Evolution is exemplary , because he fully reckons with these possibilities of Abbau , or de ...
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... fact was well put by an American soldier in com- bat during the Second World War : " It's hard , " he wrote , " for men who live only because they co - operate , to explain things to people who live only as semi - isolated individuals ...
... fact was well put by an American soldier in com- bat during the Second World War : " It's hard , " he wrote , " for men who live only because they co - operate , to explain things to people who live only as semi - isolated individuals ...
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... fact , made this discovery : they dreamed that reason could make men lead perfect lives , and often had the illusion that this or the other philosopher was in fact leading such a life . That insidious pride had first to be broken down ...
... fact , made this discovery : they dreamed that reason could make men lead perfect lives , and often had the illusion that this or the other philosopher was in fact leading such a life . That insidious pride had first to be broken down ...
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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