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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Page 85
... accept sacrifice as one of the con- stant conditions for life's fulfillment and expression , whether in the relations of lovers , of parents , of citizens , are well grounded in the objective conditions under which communities and ...
... accept sacrifice as one of the con- stant conditions for life's fulfillment and expression , whether in the relations of lovers , of parents , of citizens , are well grounded in the objective conditions under which communities and ...
Page 107
... accepting his ideal figure as a true and central image of man , toward which all smaller figures should approximate ... accept in practice . Even when one makes allowances for the historical distortion of this whole process through an ...
... accepting his ideal figure as a true and central image of man , toward which all smaller figures should approximate ... accept in practice . Even when one makes allowances for the historical distortion of this whole process through an ...
Page 255
... accepted our mechanical apparatus as a substitute for man's more vital and human activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the ...
... accepted our mechanical apparatus as a substitute for man's more vital and human activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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