The Conduct of LifeSecker & Warburg, 1952 - 342 pages |
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... present philosophy affirms as persistent that which every system of revelation tends to coyly modify or arrogantly deny : the continued existence of mystery itself . Whether we consider God in the orthodox form as the boundless Being ...
... present philosophy affirms as persistent that which every system of revelation tends to coyly modify or arrogantly deny : the continued existence of mystery itself . Whether we consider God in the orthodox form as the boundless Being ...
Page 113
... present philosophy rests : so I must challenge it . On its face , this idea is as unreasonable as the notion that a small Semitic tribe that settled in Palestine was the exclusive recipient of divine favor . Though I have no doubt that ...
... present philosophy rests : so I must challenge it . On its face , this idea is as unreasonable as the notion that a small Semitic tribe that settled in Palestine was the exclusive recipient of divine favor . Though I have no doubt that ...
Page 308
... present philosophy . More than one page in The Conduct of Life owes a debt to my son - sometimes to his words , sometimes to his example . Murphy , Gardner : Personality ; a Biosocial Approach to Origins and Structure . New York : 1948 ...
... present philosophy . More than one page in The Conduct of Life owes a debt to my son - sometimes to his words , sometimes to his example . Murphy , Gardner : Personality ; a Biosocial Approach to Origins and Structure . New York : 1948 ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
Canvass of Possibilities | 5 |
Diagnosis of Our Times | 11 |
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