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 92
... nature never becomes visible except as it is clothed in its social at- tributes ; for one of man's deepest natural ... nature , whose past links him with other animal species , whose present condition unites him in complicated ecological ...
... nature never becomes visible except as it is clothed in its social at- tributes ; for one of man's deepest natural ... nature , whose past links him with other animal species , whose present condition unites him in complicated ecological ...
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... nature , we shall have no difficulty in applying the concepts of purpose and " plan of life " to man . 4 : THE NATURE OF DESIGN To say that life is by nature goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure ...
... nature , we shall have no difficulty in applying the concepts of purpose and " plan of life " to man . 4 : THE NATURE OF DESIGN To say that life is by nature goal - seeking and directional , and that human life in ever greater measure ...
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... Nature and the Social Order . New York : 1940 . Copious summation of Thorndike's life work as a psychologist , applied to problems that call for wisdom as well as knowledge . Thorndike's interpretation of purpose in relation to the ...
... Nature and the Social Order . New York : 1940 . Copious summation of Thorndike's life work as a psychologist , applied to problems that call for wisdom as well as knowledge . Thorndike's interpretation of purpose in relation to the ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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