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 112
... civilization , only hastens that disintegration by his inherent contempt for the normal operations of personality . Precisely because of his love of power , he can make no use of the power of love . So the last stage in the downfall of ...
... civilization , only hastens that disintegration by his inherent contempt for the normal operations of personality . Precisely because of his love of power , he can make no use of the power of love . So the last stage in the downfall of ...
Page 113
... civilizations the historian describes . In the sense that Christianity " saved " West- ern civilization , Buddhism saved that of India , Confucianism China . If the saving , on Toynbee's later interpretation , was through the forma ...
... civilizations the historian describes . In the sense that Christianity " saved " West- ern civilization , Buddhism saved that of India , Confucianism China . If the saving , on Toynbee's later interpretation , was through the forma ...
Page 115
... civilization from its corpse- strewn Fifth Act . This miscarriage of our civilization has come about , however , not through a seepage of its faith or a waning of its energies , but through an over - concentration of its energies ...
... civilization from its corpse- strewn Fifth Act . This miscarriage of our civilization has come about , however , not through a seepage of its faith or a waning of its energies , but through an over - concentration of its energies ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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