The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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... nature of man . Nature is nature as brought forth and interpreted by man's culture ; and culture even in its most evanes- cent and ethereal aspects is still the culture of nature : the energies and vitalities man finds himself endowed ...
... nature of man . Nature is nature as brought forth and interpreted by man's culture ; and culture even in its most evanes- cent and ethereal aspects is still the culture of nature : the energies and vitalities man finds himself endowed ...
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... nature never becomes visible except as it is clothed in its social at- tributes ; for one of man's deepest natural ... nature , whose past links him with other animal species , whose present condition unites him in complicated ecological ...
... nature never becomes visible except as it is clothed in its social at- tributes ; for one of man's deepest natural ... nature , whose past links him with other animal species , whose present condition unites him in complicated ecological ...
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... nature , we shall have no difficulty in applying the concepts of purpose and " plan of life ” to man . 4 : THE NATURE OF DESIGN To say that life is by nature goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure ...
... nature , we shall have no difficulty in applying the concepts of purpose and " plan of life ” to man . 4 : THE NATURE OF DESIGN To say that life is by nature goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF | 92 |
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