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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... leads swiftly downhill ; while the attempt to achieve stabilization by collective compulsion and social arrest likewise ... lead to law and order , to peace and co - operation , to love and brotherhood , throughout the planet . Since the ...
... leads swiftly downhill ; while the attempt to achieve stabilization by collective compulsion and social arrest likewise ... lead to law and order , to peace and co - operation , to love and brotherhood , throughout the planet . Since the ...
Page 187
... lead to growth and increasing fullness of life . To this end , our sterile mechanistic culture must be exposed to an even more thorough drenching of the emotions than the earlier romanti- cists dared to dream of . Without re ...
... lead to growth and increasing fullness of life . To this end , our sterile mechanistic culture must be exposed to an even more thorough drenching of the emotions than the earlier romanti- cists dared to dream of . Without re ...
Page 188
... lead to any final state of equilibrium . Even the notion of self- perfection implies the further projection of a self beyond that which has momentarily been achieved : only death can end the dynamics of growth , crisis , and ...
... lead to any final state of equilibrium . Even the notion of self- perfection implies the further projection of a self beyond that which has momentarily been achieved : only death can end the dynamics of growth , crisis , and ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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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