The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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... Patrick Geddes called the insurgent quality of life , its capacity for initiating new activities and going off in unexpected directions in order to overcome its inner limi- tations and external handicaps is almost as characteristic as ...
... Patrick Geddes called the insurgent quality of life , its capacity for initiating new activities and going off in unexpected directions in order to overcome its inner limi- tations and external handicaps is almost as characteristic as ...
Page 204
... Patrick Geddes's words confirm the intuitions and practices of Sri Ramakrishna , he who sought to understand other forms of religion than his own by putting their doctrine and precepts experi- mentally into practice . These insights are ...
... Patrick Geddes's words confirm the intuitions and practices of Sri Ramakrishna , he who sought to understand other forms of religion than his own by putting their doctrine and precepts experi- mentally into practice . These insights are ...
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... Patrick Geddes , showed such powers in recent times on the theoretic side as Gandhi , Wilson , Lenin , and Churchill did in action . If the process of de - personalization went on indefinitely modern man would give up all possibility of ...
... Patrick Geddes , showed such powers in recent times on the theoretic side as Gandhi , Wilson , Lenin , and Churchill did in action . If the process of de - personalization went on indefinitely modern man would give up all possibility of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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