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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... nature of man . Nature is nature as brought forth and interpreted by man's culture ; and culture even in its most evanes- cent and ethereal aspects is still the culture of nature : the energies and vitalities man finds himself endowed ...
... nature of man . Nature is nature as brought forth and interpreted by man's culture ; and culture even in its most evanes- cent and ethereal aspects is still the culture of nature : the energies and vitalities man finds himself endowed ...
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... nature , we shall have no difficulty in applying the concepts of purpose and " plan of life " to man . 4 : THE NATURE OF DESIGN To say that life is by nature goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure ...
... nature , we shall have no difficulty in applying the concepts of purpose and " plan of life " to man . 4 : THE NATURE OF DESIGN To say that life is by nature goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure ...
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... Nature and the Social Order . New York : 1940 . Copious summation of Thorndike's life work as a psychologist , applied to problems that call for wisdom as well as knowledge . Thorndike's interpretation of purpose in relation to the ...
... Nature and the Social Order . New York : 1940 . Copious summation of Thorndike's life work as a psychologist , applied to problems that call for wisdom as well as knowledge . Thorndike's interpretation of purpose in relation to the ...
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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