The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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... living thing depends not merely upon outside pressure but upon inner , self - maintaining , self - restoring , and self - ful- filling processes . The blow of a hammer will leave a dent on a piece of lead : if the solid lump is melted ...
... living thing depends not merely upon outside pressure but upon inner , self - maintaining , self - restoring , and self - ful- filling processes . The blow of a hammer will leave a dent on a piece of lead : if the solid lump is melted ...
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... living sweetens and deepens the first . Now life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation , and without being allowed the preliminary trials , the failures and botches , that are essential for the training of ...
... living sweetens and deepens the first . Now life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation , and without being allowed the preliminary trials , the failures and botches , that are essential for the training of ...
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... Living . 2 vols . The School of Living : Suffern , New York : 1948 . Attempt to work out in systematic detail the precepts of the philosophy first expressed , as criticism , in This Ugly Civilization : decentralism , household economy ...
... Living . 2 vols . The School of Living : Suffern , New York : 1948 . Attempt to work out in systematic detail the precepts of the philosophy first expressed , as criticism , in This Ugly Civilization : decentralism , household economy ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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