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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 57
Page 134
... goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure is consciously and deliberately ... goals . At this point , he who pretends to have an ex- planation , or even a system of explanation , not merely lacks ...
... goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure is consciously and deliberately ... goals . At this point , he who pretends to have an ex- planation , or even a system of explanation , not merely lacks ...
Page 137
... goal and in turn contribute to the fulfillment of that goal . The meaning of the single sentence , in other words , derives from the larger design ; yet even the author could not describe in advance all the details of that larger design ...
... goal and in turn contribute to the fulfillment of that goal . The meaning of the single sentence , in other words , derives from the larger design ; yet even the author could not describe in advance all the details of that larger design ...
Page 138
... goal enables it to be to some extent manifested and realized in the present moment : if in one sense life involves perpetual struggle and self - transcendence , there is at the same time a quiet pool of being in which the most dis- tant ...
... goal enables it to be to some extent manifested and realized in the present moment : if in one sense life involves perpetual struggle and self - transcendence , there is at the same time a quiet pool of being in which the most dis- tant ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
Copyright | |
34 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved action active animal become biological type body bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept conscious cosmic create creative creatures culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic dynamic equilibrium effect effort elements emergence essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ideal impulses inner insight interpretation isolationism lack life's living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy produce promethean psychodrama purpose religion renewal response role romanticism Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego symbols teleology tion Toynbee transformation unity universal values whole world government York