The Conduct of LifeDiscusses 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. -- Publisher's description. |
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Within the body itself there is a hierarchy of functions , however , and this hierarchic order leaves its imprint on many remoter areas of life . There are , for instance , supernumeraries , like the appendix and tonsils , trusty ...
Within the body itself there is a hierarchy of functions , however , and this hierarchic order leaves its imprint on many remoter areas of life . There are , for instance , supernumeraries , like the appendix and tonsils , trusty ...
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Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions — as in fortifying the body by hard exercise— must be for the sake of giving more scope to the higher functions . But with reason , the ancient Athenians disparaged the ...
Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions — as in fortifying the body by hard exercise— must be for the sake of giving more scope to the higher functions . But with reason , the ancient Athenians disparaged the ...
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To be delivered from the prison of the body , one must assimilate the social ways and spiritual creations of other bodily types and characters . If man had lived according to his own nature exclusively , he would still exist in a state ...
To be delivered from the prison of the body , one must assimilate the social ways and spiritual creations of other bodily types and characters . If man had lived according to his own nature exclusively , he would still exist in a state ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Conduct of Life Volume 34 of Harvest book Harvest book, HB 34 |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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