The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 83
... further development . Here religion , with the rise of civilization — that is , an ample food supply and a secure life - pointed the way , through deliberate sacrifice , to further growth and renewal . In its minor forms , sacrifice ...
... further development . Here religion , with the rise of civilization — that is , an ample food supply and a secure life - pointed the way , through deliberate sacrifice , to further growth and renewal . In its minor forms , sacrifice ...
Page 249
... further exploration of the terrestrial globe : it not merely enables the observer to chart familiar territory more accurately , but it brings into view undiscovered land in related areas . The success of the Rorschach ink - blot ...
... further exploration of the terrestrial globe : it not merely enables the observer to chart familiar territory more accurately , but it brings into view undiscovered land in related areas . The success of the Rorschach ink - blot ...
Page 279
... further study , further travel , fur- ther research , for further tasks and adventures , as the harried young people of today , threatened with the horrid compulsions of war , caught in the bureaucratic routine of school , office , and ...
... further study , further travel , fur- ther research , for further tasks and adventures , as the harried young people of today , threatened with the horrid compulsions of war , caught in the bureaucratic routine of school , office , and ...
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