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 58
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
Page 93
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
Page 225
... limited to account for all types of change : Marxism does not do justice to non - dialectic changes , like maturation : it takes no account of the processes of de - building and disintegration , which often fail to produce any reactive ...
... limited to account for all types of change : Marxism does not do justice to non - dialectic changes , like maturation : it takes no account of the processes of de - building and disintegration , which often fail to produce any reactive ...
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