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 45
... perhaps the raw stuff out of which man fashioned all his symbols , and consequently , most of his meaningful life : music and mathematics and machines : social patterns of behavior and the culture of cities . Civilized man tends to ...
... perhaps the raw stuff out of which man fashioned all his symbols , and consequently , most of his meaningful life : music and mathematics and machines : social patterns of behavior and the culture of cities . Civilized man tends to ...
Page 46
... perhaps half the sins and crimes men commit come about be- cause they pass too easily , without prudent reflection , from that inner state to the public performance of their fantasy . In childhood , perhaps even more in adolescence ...
... perhaps half the sins and crimes men commit come about be- cause they pass too easily , without prudent reflection , from that inner state to the public performance of their fantasy . In childhood , perhaps even more in adolescence ...
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... perhaps explains why the most universal of religious doctrines , that of Baha - ' ullah , the founder of the Bahai religion , has not so far prevailed . For the better part of a century the adherents of Bahaism have proclaimed the unity ...
... perhaps explains why the most universal of religious doctrines , that of Baha - ' ullah , the founder of the Bahai religion , has not so far prevailed . For the better part of a century the adherents of Bahaism have proclaimed the unity ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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