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 34
... mechanical loom or a locomotive , his true character was overlooked . Nature , however , has gone about its work with a freer hand than man ; it has patently not been so intent on the single goal of economy and efficiency . Not that ...
... mechanical loom or a locomotive , his true character was overlooked . Nature , however , has gone about its work with a freer hand than man ; it has patently not been so intent on the single goal of economy and efficiency . Not that ...
Page 43
... mechanical , the non - living , Henri Bergson curiously underestimated the formative effect of language and over - stressed the part played by physical tools and mechanical aptitudes , for he perversely interpreted speech as being lamed ...
... mechanical , the non - living , Henri Bergson curiously underestimated the formative effect of language and over - stressed the part played by physical tools and mechanical aptitudes , for he perversely interpreted speech as being lamed ...
Page 331
... Mechanical aids , and simplicity , 272 Mechanical order , 241 over - valuation of , 122 Mechanical progress , 7 Mechanism , 32 , 201 bias of , 35 and purpose , 132 semantic misinterpretation of , 133 Mechanization , 273 Medicine ...
... Mechanical aids , and simplicity , 272 Mechanical order , 241 over - valuation of , 122 Mechanical progress , 7 Mechanism , 32 , 201 bias of , 35 and purpose , 132 semantic misinterpretation of , 133 Mechanization , 273 Medicine ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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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 ethics 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