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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... sense of this divine communion ? Unfortunately , to attach the word " God " to this experience does not in any sure sense define it or give one a more intelligible account of the nature of di- vinity . . . Neti , neti . . If this ...
... sense of this divine communion ? Unfortunately , to attach the word " God " to this experience does not in any sure sense define it or give one a more intelligible account of the nature of di- vinity . . . Neti , neti . . If this ...
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... sense of good and evil could make such a fatal mistake . 3 : THE CASE FOR PURPOSE " What is the good of life ? " This question , certainly , does not ordi- narily occur to a person in health and prosperity , when the appetites of the ...
... sense of good and evil could make such a fatal mistake . 3 : THE CASE FOR PURPOSE " What is the good of life ? " This question , certainly , does not ordi- narily occur to a person in health and prosperity , when the appetites of the ...
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... sense , even if life went well at every stage , they would leave each of us with a tantalizing sense of incompleteness and non - fulfillment , an endless stirring and striving , without any goal except a provisional one : a continued ...
... sense , even if life went well at every stage , they would leave each of us with a tantalizing sense of incompleteness and non - fulfillment , an endless stirring and striving , without any goal except a provisional one : a continued ...
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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