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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... mind and conscious- ness . Life occurs indeed at a very late stage in cosmic evolution : or- ganized mind at a still later stage , and human beings , with conscious- ness , rational purposes , and free choices , last of all ...
... mind and conscious- ness . Life occurs indeed at a very late stage in cosmic evolution : or- ganized mind at a still later stage , and human beings , with conscious- ness , rational purposes , and free choices , last of all ...
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... mind undertakes , thus enlisting the active aid of the whole organism ; the second makes use of its special capacity for abstraction , symbolization , co - ordination , and vigilant anticipation to bring the organism into fuller ...
... mind undertakes , thus enlisting the active aid of the whole organism ; the second makes use of its special capacity for abstraction , symbolization , co - ordination , and vigilant anticipation to bring the organism into fuller ...
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... Mind . New York : 1947 . Summation of the evidence presented at earlier stages in Extra - Sensory Perception and New Frontiers of the Mind on the possibilities of clairvoyance , telepathy , and psycho - kinesis . Unless the theory of ...
... Mind . New York : 1947 . Summation of the evidence presented at earlier stages in Extra - Sensory Perception and New Frontiers of the Mind on the possibilities of clairvoyance , telepathy , and psycho - kinesis . Unless the theory of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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