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 103
... taken place . By the time the final stage is reached , in which a whole society has been re - shaped by the new doctrine and cult , a further transformation has taken place : this curtails the great leap that the originating per ...
... taken place . By the time the final stage is reached , in which a whole society has been re - shaped by the new doctrine and cult , a further transformation has taken place : this curtails the great leap that the originating per ...
Page 134
... taken in the dimensions of the problem itself . By analogy , we may infer that a grand design has encompassed all the little designs whose pattern we can trace ; but that pervading unity must be taken on faith . True : certain nearer ...
... taken in the dimensions of the problem itself . By analogy , we may infer that a grand design has encompassed all the little designs whose pattern we can trace ; but that pervading unity must be taken on faith . True : certain nearer ...
Page 227
... taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance . All great results produced by human endeavour depend on taking advan- tage of these singular states when they occur . " And Maxwell goes on to quote ...
... taken account of by a finite being may produce results of the greatest importance . All great results produced by human endeavour depend on taking advan- tage of these singular states when they occur . " And Maxwell goes on to quote ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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