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 60
... seek to lose themselves in squalid love affairs , and may deliberately scorn and mock those who seek to confront the mystery of their being , as old Karamazov sniveled and grimaced before Father Zossima : yet the very intensity of ...
... seek to lose themselves in squalid love affairs , and may deliberately scorn and mock those who seek to confront the mystery of their being , as old Karamazov sniveled and grimaced before Father Zossima : yet the very intensity of ...
Page 88
... seek such ecstasy directly would be as worthy of human effort as to seek it in the more tangible mediums of painting or music , which also have the 88 THE CONDUCT OF LIFE.
... seek such ecstasy directly would be as worthy of human effort as to seek it in the more tangible mediums of painting or music , which also have the 88 THE CONDUCT OF LIFE.
Page 159
... seek to anesthetize his conscience . " An honest ethics , it seems to me , cannot attempt to lift the burden of guilt from one who has sinned or committed a crime . What it will seek to do , rather , is to appraise the BEYOND MORAL ...
... seek to anesthetize his conscience . " An honest ethics , it seems to me , cannot attempt to lift the burden of guilt from one who has sinned or committed a crime . What it will seek to do , rather , is to appraise the BEYOND MORAL ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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