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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... follow the original transition from babble to the involuntary re- production of facial movements , from private gurglings for self - satis- faction to public demands in which a particular tone will be evoked to bring forth a particular ...
... follow the original transition from babble to the involuntary re- production of facial movements , from private gurglings for self - satis- faction to public demands in which a particular tone will be evoked to bring forth a particular ...
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... follow customs and frame laws that regulate social relations , in order to make conduct predictable , instead of wholly erratic and self - willed ; to respect symbols and con- serve values ; to refrain from murder , violence , and theft ...
... follow customs and frame laws that regulate social relations , in order to make conduct predictable , instead of wholly erratic and self - willed ; to respect symbols and con- serve values ; to refrain from murder , violence , and theft ...
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... follow is untried and heavy with difficulty ; it will test to the utmost our faith and our powers . But it is the way toward life , and those who follow it will prevail . BIBLIOGRAPHY As with The Condition of Man , the ground 292 THE ...
... follow is untried and heavy with difficulty ; it will test to the utmost our faith and our powers . But it is the way toward life , and those who follow it will prevail . BIBLIOGRAPHY As with The Condition of Man , the ground 292 THE ...
Table des matières
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