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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... activities , is no longer man writ large : at best , to adapt himself to his environment , man has reduced himself to a minor mechanism : the machine writ small . The autonomous activities of the personality , choice , selection , self ...
... activities , is no longer man writ large : at best , to adapt himself to his environment , man has reduced himself to a minor mechanism : the machine writ small . The autonomous activities of the personality , choice , selection , self ...
Page 67
... activities results in the defacement of beauty , the misappropriation of truth , the miscar- riage of justice , the perversion of goodness . This potential god , in other words , has a devil in him ; his worst suspicions about the ...
... activities results in the defacement of beauty , the misappropriation of truth , the miscar- riage of justice , the perversion of goodness . This potential god , in other words , has a devil in him ; his worst suspicions about the ...
Page 255
... activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the very condition that menaces freedom , spontaneity , growth . As our inner selves ...
... activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the very condition that menaces freedom , spontaneity , growth . As our inner selves ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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