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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Page 97
... once the situation is ripe , and once the prophet appears , a whole series of changes will come about with remarkable swiftness ; and though these changes may bring no improvement in material con- ditions , men will turn to their ...
... once the situation is ripe , and once the prophet appears , a whole series of changes will come about with remarkable swiftness ; and though these changes may bring no improvement in material con- ditions , men will turn to their ...
Page 102
... once the nov- ice takes to the water himself , he can scarcely make half a dozen strokes before he sinks : it takes ... Once the new person appears , once the new plot and theme are outlined , the stage must be set and special costumes ...
... once the nov- ice takes to the water himself , he can scarcely make half a dozen strokes before he sinks : it takes ... Once the new person appears , once the new plot and theme are outlined , the stage must be set and special costumes ...
Page 167
... once the Astronomer Royal leaves his observatory , he must keep time by an ordinary watch , an imperfect instrument which gains or loses time or flatly stops and must be wound up : such time will no longer coincide with astronomical ...
... once the Astronomer Royal leaves his observatory , he must keep time by an ordinary watch , an imperfect instrument which gains or loses time or flatly stops and must be wound up : such time will no longer coincide with astronomical ...
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