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 31
... achieved , even as far back as the fish , in their care of the young . I have seen that shy fish , the lake bass ... achieving , in short , purposive . But unlike inanimate matter , it brings into its present effort the memory of a past ...
... achieved , even as far back as the fish , in their care of the young . I have seen that shy fish , the lake bass ... achieving , in short , purposive . But unlike inanimate matter , it brings into its present effort the memory of a past ...
Page 85
... achieved without renouncing many of the goods that gave one satisfaction on a lower plane . Unless the great political leader can , at the right moment , give up his politi- cal power , as Solon did , unless the loving mother can ...
... achieved without renouncing many of the goods that gave one satisfaction on a lower plane . Unless the great political leader can , at the right moment , give up his politi- cal power , as Solon did , unless the loving mother can ...
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... achieved , it would in its very perfection bring about a new kind of evil : it would arrest life and stultify it ; for it would no longer pro- duce the kind of disruption and conflict out of which higher forms of life become possible ...
... achieved , it would in its very perfection bring about a new kind of evil : it would arrest life and stultify it ; for it would no longer pro- duce the kind of disruption and conflict out of which higher forms of life become possible ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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