The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 28
... growth and reproduction , as in the fern , to mimic leaves or twigs or more poisonous creatures - for countless eons these efforts sufficed to absorb the vital energies of every species . Along with the most prudent kinds of adaptation ...
... growth and reproduction , as in the fern , to mimic leaves or twigs or more poisonous creatures - for countless eons these efforts sufficed to absorb the vital energies of every species . Along with the most prudent kinds of adaptation ...
Page 162
... growth is to come forth . In some sense pain and organic disharmony and psychological con- flict , so far from being wholly deplorable accidents , are among the requisites for development : for growth is a state of unbalance on the way ...
... growth is to come forth . In some sense pain and organic disharmony and psychological con- flict , so far from being wholly deplorable accidents , are among the requisites for development : for growth is a state of unbalance on the way ...
Page 184
... growth . The classic notion of balance allowed no place for the negative mo- ments of life : it dreamed of a timeless perfection that made no use of time itself , nor of the process of maturation , nor of trial and error , nor of sin ...
... growth . The classic notion of balance allowed no place for the negative mo- ments of life : it dreamed of a timeless perfection that made no use of time itself , nor of the process of maturation , nor of trial and error , nor of sin ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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