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 122
... values in his existence . And any scientific anthropology that attempts to ignore values , as outside the pale of science , or to dismiss values as culture - bound and so self- enclosed , must lack the ability to describe the process of ...
... values in his existence . And any scientific anthropology that attempts to ignore values , as outside the pale of science , or to dismiss values as culture - bound and so self- enclosed , must lack the ability to describe the process of ...
Page 127
... values , in psychology . But even he showed a tendency to define values as goods in themselves . Thus Thorndyke said , by way of illustration , that " sunshine is in general better than inky darkness , " curiously ignoring the ...
... values , in psychology . But even he showed a tendency to define values as goods in themselves . Thus Thorndyke said , by way of illustration , that " sunshine is in general better than inky darkness , " curiously ignoring the ...
Page 154
... values and purposes that would enable them to function as full- grown human beings . Masked by more adult habits that they share with the rest of the community , their values remain infantile , if not brutally criminal . The qualities ...
... values and purposes that would enable them to function as full- grown human beings . Masked by more adult habits that they share with the rest of the community , their values remain infantile , if not brutally criminal . The qualities ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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