The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 85
... accept sacrifice as one of the con- stant conditions for life's fulfillment and expression , whether in the relations of lovers , of parents , of citizens , are well grounded in the objective conditions under which communities and ...
... accept sacrifice as one of the con- stant conditions for life's fulfillment and expression , whether in the relations of lovers , of parents , of citizens , are well grounded in the objective conditions under which communities and ...
Page 168
... accept death and destruction . As long as Britain sought safety and peace , its very life was in danger : as soon as ... accepted , as an element as much in the run of vital processes as waste and fatigue , the law of compensation may ...
... accept death and destruction . As long as Britain sought safety and peace , its very life was in danger : as soon as ... accepted , as an element as much in the run of vital processes as waste and fatigue , the law of compensation may ...
Page 248
... accept the existence of these age- old prisoners of the unconscious , who sometimes made sudden raids into the upper floors , to rape or slay the inhabitants , only to scramble back again , cowed and cringing before the authority of the ...
... accept the existence of these age- old prisoners of the unconscious , who sometimes made sudden raids into the upper floors , to rape or slay the inhabitants , only to scramble back again , cowed and cringing before the authority of the ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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achieved action activities animal become biological type body bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creatures culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic dynamic equilibrium effect effort elements emergence essential ethics evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention 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 practice present present philosophy produce promethean psychodrama purpose religion renewal response role romanticism Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spiritual super-ego symbols teleology tion Toynbee transformation unity universal values whole world government York