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
... symbolism and the most weighty vehicle of communion and com- munication , I have , for the sake of clearness , treated ... symbols , and consequently , most of his meaningful life : music and mathematics and machines : social patterns of ...
... symbolism and the most weighty vehicle of communion and com- munication , I have , for the sake of clearness , treated ... symbols , and consequently , most of his meaningful life : music and mathematics and machines : social patterns of ...
Page 52
... symbols of a non - operational order : symbols that have as many meanings as there are contexts and internal states . Mod- ern man's insulation against the poetic use of words as mere propa- ganda - irrespective of whether the attempt ...
... symbols of a non - operational order : symbols that have as many meanings as there are contexts and internal states . Mod- ern man's insulation against the poetic use of words as mere propa- ganda - irrespective of whether the attempt ...
Page 339
... Symbol - making activities , 53 Symbolic expression , 126 Symbolic functions , 51 loss of , 52 Symbolic interpretation , 39 Symbolic reference , 53 Symbolism , 45 Symbolization , 44 tools of , 40 Symbols , 53 , 55 Symposium , The , 154 ...
... Symbol - making activities , 53 Symbolic expression , 126 Symbolic functions , 51 loss of , 52 Symbolic interpretation , 39 Symbolic reference , 53 Symbolism , 45 Symbolization , 44 tools of , 40 Symbols , 53 , 55 Symposium , The , 154 ...
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