The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 74
... dominant , it would be as if radium were as heavily distributed in the earth's crust as iron : his presence might well consume the uni- verse and blast the life it had come to bless . But the actual situation seems just the reverse of ...
... dominant , it would be as if radium were as heavily distributed in the earth's crust as iron : his presence might well consume the uni- verse and blast the life it had come to bless . But the actual situation seems just the reverse of ...
Page 141
... dominance of the lower functions by the higher ones is always fitful and uncertain : the conscious , rational mind , established later than the lower functions , is like a wise ruler , resisted by his un- ruly subjects , who would ...
... dominance of the lower functions by the higher ones is always fitful and uncertain : the conscious , rational mind , established later than the lower functions , is like a wise ruler , resisted by his un- ruly subjects , who would ...
Page 143
... dominance of the higher functions , which is the condition for all truly human develop- ment , is not for the sake of suppressing the lower functions , but of using them more fully for ends that they themselves cannot encom- pass ; for ...
... dominance of the higher functions , which is the condition for all truly human develop- ment , is not for the sake of suppressing the lower functions , but of using them more fully for ends that they themselves cannot encom- pass ; for ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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