The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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Page 89
... observation of the stability of the elements , there was little hope that this dream could be realized : indeed , the more knowledge accumulated , up to a point , the more baseless it seemed . Forty years ago , no one doubted that ...
... observation of the stability of the elements , there was little hope that this dream could be realized : indeed , the more knowledge accumulated , up to a point , the more baseless it seemed . Forty years ago , no one doubted that ...
Page 137
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation- and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation- and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
Page 284
... observation of children's growth , even some systematic habit of observing and recording these transformations , in family books and collections of papers and photographs , brings one of life's most precious rewards : yet in our ...
... observation of children's growth , even some systematic habit of observing and recording these transformations , in family books and collections of papers and photographs , brings one of life's most precious rewards : yet in our ...
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