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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... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation— and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation— and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
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... observation was true ; but the implied conclusion was unsound . This devaluation was founded on a romantic exaggeration of the importance of the surviving primitives ; and it failed to distinguish between forms of life that are ...
... observation was true ; but the implied conclusion was unsound . This devaluation was founded on a romantic exaggeration of the importance of the surviving primitives ; and it failed to distinguish between forms of life that are ...
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... observation , 284 Childbirth , 162 Children , maladjustment of , 258 wild , 42 China , 198 , 220 Chinese , 182 wisdom , 211 Choices , man's , 123 multifold , 128 Christ the Saviour , 68 Christian Church , 211 Christian Fathers , 154 ...
... observation , 284 Childbirth , 162 Children , maladjustment of , 258 wild , 42 China , 198 , 220 Chinese , 182 wisdom , 211 Choices , man's , 123 multifold , 128 Christ the Saviour , 68 Christian Church , 211 Christian Fathers , 154 ...
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