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 29
... living thing depends not merely upon outside pressure but upon inner , self - maintaining , self - restoring , and self - ful- filling processes . The blow of a hammer will leave a dent on a piece of lead : if the solid lump is melted ...
... living thing depends not merely upon outside pressure but upon inner , self - maintaining , self - restoring , and self - ful- filling processes . The blow of a hammer will leave a dent on a piece of lead : if the solid lump is melted ...
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... Living organisms , by the most complex and far- reaching operations , form food - chains and work - chains that extend from the bacteria in the soil and the air to the domesticated animals , indeed they constantly co - operate to remake ...
... Living organisms , by the most complex and far- reaching operations , form food - chains and work - chains that extend from the bacteria in the soil and the air to the domesticated animals , indeed they constantly co - operate to remake ...
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... living body , we know that the stability we seek is not that of a closed system , which has achieved a fixed and final shape , like the stability of a crystal , and might remain the same for ten thousand years . All living creatures are ...
... living body , we know that the stability we seek is not that of a closed system , which has achieved a fixed and final shape , like the stability of a crystal , and might remain the same for ten thousand years . All living creatures are ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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