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 148
... tion , a more complete disintegration may come about . Now that certain life - preservative taboos have generally broken down our present lead- ers would be capable , in a conflict between the nations , of turning the whole planet into ...
... tion , a more complete disintegration may come about . Now that certain life - preservative taboos have generally broken down our present lead- ers would be capable , in a conflict between the nations , of turning the whole planet into ...
Page 218
... tion and ritual : unity of dramatic theme . This theme is defined and modified by recurrent collective choices . Drama , taking form in the theater , constantly appears as a symbol of a culture , at the moment the culture itself ...
... tion and ritual : unity of dramatic theme . This theme is defined and modified by recurrent collective choices . Drama , taking form in the theater , constantly appears as a symbol of a culture , at the moment the culture itself ...
Page 234
... tion . Its more positive , non - reactionary ideals , the appreciation of spontaneity it shares with Taoism , its emphasis on feeling and emo- tion and sensibility , its respect for the organic , its affirmation of the imaginative arts ...
... tion . Its more positive , non - reactionary ideals , the appreciation of spontaneity it shares with Taoism , its emphasis on feeling and emo- tion and sensibility , its respect for the organic , its affirmation of the imaginative arts ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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