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 84
... practice of sacrifice and the discipline of detachment can man accept , without overwhelming despair , the facts of his own cor- ruptibility and death . When man has not schooled himself by such practices , when he fosters in himself ...
... practice of sacrifice and the discipline of detachment can man accept , without overwhelming despair , the facts of his own cor- ruptibility and death . When man has not schooled himself by such practices , when he fosters in himself ...
Page 145
... practiced in so- called obliteration bombing , whether by incendiary bombs or atom bombs . But just as the practice of enslaving prisoners was morally superior to killing the victim outright , so war itself , even in its in- sanely ...
... practiced in so- called obliteration bombing , whether by incendiary bombs or atom bombs . But just as the practice of enslaving prisoners was morally superior to killing the victim outright , so war itself , even in its in- sanely ...
Page 266
... practice without preparation , and without being allowed the preliminary trials , the failures and botches , that are essential for the training of a mere be- ginner . In life , we must begin to give a public performance before we have ...
... practice without preparation , and without being allowed the preliminary trials , the failures and botches , that are essential for the training of a mere be- ginner . In life , we must begin to give a public performance before we have ...
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