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 89
... direct sense of this divine communion ? Unfortunately , to attach the word " God " to this experience does not in any sure sense define it or give one a more intelligible account of the nature of di- vinity . . . Neti , neti . • If this ...
... direct sense of this divine communion ? Unfortunately , to attach the word " God " to this experience does not in any sure sense define it or give one a more intelligible account of the nature of di- vinity . . . Neti , neti . • If this ...
Page 108
... direct action of personality to explain any of these changes : even its exist- ence as a psychal " filter " is usually overlooked . With this bias toward the de - personalized , it is little wonder that we overlook every form of change ...
... direct action of personality to explain any of these changes : even its exist- ence as a psychal " filter " is usually overlooked . With this bias toward the de - personalized , it is little wonder that we overlook every form of change ...
Page 276
... direct impover- ishment of life . The mark of the balanced personality , in the indus- trial system , will be not higher productivity or higher wages - though both may be possible and necessary - but the integration of work and leisure ...
... direct impover- ishment of life . The mark of the balanced personality , in the indus- trial system , will be not higher productivity or higher wages - though both may be possible and necessary - but the integration of work and leisure ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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