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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... turn man himself , now a helpless mechanical puppet , into a wakeful and willing creator . 2 : CANVASS OF POSSIBILITIES The potentialities of the present age have often been childishly mis- conceived . Too readily , we extol our ...
... turn man himself , now a helpless mechanical puppet , into a wakeful and willing creator . 2 : CANVASS OF POSSIBILITIES The potentialities of the present age have often been childishly mis- conceived . Too readily , we extol our ...
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... turn out to be conditions for ade- quate growth . That is why those who have been able to assimilate their experiences in war usually have a far higher degree of maturity than those who never faced extreme hardship and terrifying danger ...
... turn out to be conditions for ade- quate growth . That is why those who have been able to assimilate their experiences in war usually have a far higher degree of maturity than those who never faced extreme hardship and terrifying danger ...
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... turn one's back on life's fullness : it is a time for reducing the intake of food , for curbing too exhausting ex- ercises , for falling back on memory , reflection , revery - and in happier souls , a time for a more intense inner life ...
... turn one's back on life's fullness : it is a time for reducing the intake of food , for curbing too exhausting ex- ercises , for falling back on memory , reflection , revery - and in happier souls , a time for a more intense inner life ...
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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