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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... man . Nature is nature as brought forth and interpreted by man's culture ; and culture even in its most evanes- cent and ethereal aspects is still the culture of nature : the energies and vitalities man finds himself endowed with and ...
... man . Nature is nature as brought forth and interpreted by man's culture ; and culture even in its most evanes- cent and ethereal aspects is still the culture of nature : the energies and vitalities man finds himself endowed with and ...
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... man's subjective life , are no less integral a of man's existence than the natural world and the ingenious in ments he has devised for mastering it . In other words , the dream is no mere mechanism of escape , bu foundation of man's ...
... man's subjective life , are no less integral a of man's existence than the natural world and the ingenious in ments he has devised for mastering it . In other words , the dream is no mere mechanism of escape , bu foundation of man's ...
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... man - made , ceases to further man's purposes , it ceases to have meaning , and even when it remains in sight it falls out of mind : witness what happened to the Roman baths once the Christian fathers condemned the ritual of bodily care ...
... man - made , ceases to further man's purposes , it ceases to have meaning , and even when it remains in sight it falls out of mind : witness what happened to the Roman baths once the Christian fathers condemned the ritual of bodily care ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
Canvass of Possibilities 5 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES 3 Diagnosis of Our Times | 11 |
Alternatives to Catastrophe | 18 |
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