The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 58
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
Page 93
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
Page 129
... limited animals escape . The institution of war is such a large - scale perversion : in origin , it may have sprung out of a struggle for a limited food supply in a narrow area ; and this act may have been prolonged beyond its natural ...
... limited animals escape . The institution of war is such a large - scale perversion : in origin , it may have sprung out of a struggle for a limited food supply in a narrow area ; and this act may have been prolonged beyond its natural ...
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