The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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... external balance between all its constituent species , whose members live by acts of co - operation that , in the higher organisms , are called self - restraint and self - sacrifice . This is the fundamental morality of nature ...
... external balance between all its constituent species , whose members live by acts of co - operation that , in the higher organisms , are called self - restraint and self - sacrifice . This is the fundamental morality of nature ...
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... external ones " ; they stubbornly seek to reverse this process , in order to bring external relations into harmony with their own life - plans . Man dominates the line of the brainy animals ; and the over - development of the brain ...
... external ones " ; they stubbornly seek to reverse this process , in order to bring external relations into harmony with their own life - plans . Man dominates the line of the brainy animals ; and the over - development of the brain ...
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... External conditions , adaptation to , 122 External world , the , 229 Exuberance , emotional , 187 for , 139 Europe , 289 Eutopia , 236 Eutopianism , 226 , 239 Eutopianism and Universalism , 235-240 Evaluation , 139 , 265 Evaluation ...
... External conditions , adaptation to , 122 External world , the , 229 Exuberance , emotional , 187 for , 139 Europe , 289 Eutopia , 236 Eutopianism , 226 , 239 Eutopianism and Universalism , 235-240 Evaluation , 139 , 265 Evaluation ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
Canvass of Possibilities | 5 |
Diagnosis of Our Times | 11 |
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