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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... present , correctly viewed , is a composite of seen and unseen forces derived from the past , and anticipated or potential forces , directed back into the pres- ent from an ideal future . As Korzybski once put it , in a phrase that says ...
... present , correctly viewed , is a composite of seen and unseen forces derived from the past , and anticipated or potential forces , directed back into the pres- ent from an ideal future . As Korzybski once put it , in a phrase that says ...
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... present culture ; we shall also carry into the future many of the ele- ments of positive good that this culture actually embraces - its sense of impersonal truths that lie beyond mere wishful thinking , its tech- nique for collective ...
... present culture ; we shall also carry into the future many of the ele- ments of positive good that this culture actually embraces - its sense of impersonal truths that lie beyond mere wishful thinking , its tech- nique for collective ...
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... present task is to identify the emergent elements and to find a method , open to each of us , for bringing them together . In this process , much that is merely new we must be ready to reject ; and much that is old will still prove of ...
... present task is to identify the emergent elements and to find a method , open to each of us , for bringing them together . In this process , much that is merely new we must be ready to reject ; and much that is old will still prove of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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