The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 240
... concept of space and time , of cosmic evolution and human development . Such a mutation of ideas has in fact been taking place during the last century : particularly during the last generation . One associates this dominating concept ...
... concept of space and time , of cosmic evolution and human development . Such a mutation of ideas has in fact been taking place during the last century : particularly during the last generation . One associates this dominating concept ...
Page 241
... concept of the person : the last term in the development of the organic world and the human com- munity . Instead of taking as fundamental such a derivative concept as the physical universe , our thought now begins with the agent ...
... concept of the person : the last term in the development of the organic world and the human com- munity . Instead of taking as fundamental such a derivative concept as the physical universe , our thought now begins with the agent ...
Page 317
... concept of process and change the author fails to do justice to the static and " eternal " aspects of experience ... concepts that underlie The Conduct of Life seek to escape this weakness and do justice to all the dimensions of ...
... concept of process and change the author fails to do justice to the static and " eternal " aspects of experience ... concepts that underlie The Conduct of Life seek to escape this weakness and do justice to all the dimensions of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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