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 80
... final destination , all the de- sires for bliss that life itself had denied : not least of course the desire of those who have found happiness , that life should have no ending . The historic date for the appearance of these brave ...
... final destination , all the de- sires for bliss that life itself had denied : not least of course the desire of those who have found happiness , that life should have no ending . The historic date for the appearance of these brave ...
Page 131
... final causes are merely fabrications of men . " During the last three centuries that attitude became ingrained among men of science ; but Spinoza's dismissal , for all that , was more than a little specious , be- cause there is a great ...
... final causes are merely fabrications of men . " During the last three centuries that attitude became ingrained among men of science ; but Spinoza's dismissal , for all that , was more than a little specious , be- cause there is a great ...
Page 302
... final pages of the final essay . Janet , Paul ( Alexandre René ) : Final Causes . Edinburgh : 1878 . One of the best nineteenth century discussions , which won the approbation of such a keen thinker as Professor Robert Flint , who wrote ...
... final pages of the final essay . Janet , Paul ( Alexandre René ) : Final Causes . Edinburgh : 1878 . One of the best nineteenth century discussions , which won the approbation of such a keen thinker as Professor Robert Flint , who wrote ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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