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 35
... activities , those circuitous explorations and long - continued elaborations , which differentiate human behavior from the brutal di- rectness of other animals - though even at lower levels , as in the nest- adorning habits of the bower ...
... activities , those circuitous explorations and long - continued elaborations , which differentiate human behavior from the brutal di- rectness of other animals - though even at lower levels , as in the nest- adorning habits of the bower ...
Page 67
... activities results in the defacement of beauty , the misappropriation of truth , the miscar- riage of justice , the perversion of goodness . This potential god , in other words , has a devil in him ; his worst suspicions about the ...
... activities results in the defacement of beauty , the misappropriation of truth , the miscar- riage of justice , the perversion of goodness . This potential god , in other words , has a devil in him ; his worst suspicions about the ...
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... activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the very condition that menaces freedom , spontaneity , growth . As our inner selves ...
... activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the very condition that menaces freedom , spontaneity , growth . As our inner selves ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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