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 176
... actual life : for the sake of carrying through the doctrine , he blindly disregarded the testimony of life and took no note of scores of indications in his chil- dren's conduct and health that should have warned him that he was working ...
... actual life : for the sake of carrying through the doctrine , he blindly disregarded the testimony of life and took no note of scores of indications in his chil- dren's conduct and health that should have warned him that he was working ...
Page 241
... actual as revealed in the potential . From this new standpoint , we realize that facts are no more primary than values , that mechanical order is no more fundamental than pattern and purpose , and that we have not fully understood the ...
... actual as revealed in the potential . From this new standpoint , we realize that facts are no more primary than values , that mechanical order is no more fundamental than pattern and purpose , and that we have not fully understood the ...
Page 300
... actual discipline and hygiene of the mind . Highly recommended . Gray , Alexander : The Socialist Tradition ; Moses to Lenin . New York : 1946 . Guérard , Albert Leon : A Short History of the International Language Move- ment . London ...
... actual discipline and hygiene of the mind . Highly recommended . Gray , Alexander : The Socialist Tradition ; Moses to Lenin . New York : 1946 . Guérard , Albert Leon : A Short History of the International Language Move- ment . London ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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