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 56
... bring about human death . This philosophy conceives the role played by man as interpreter as the apex of natural existence : the quintessence of all that has gone before , the embryonic vehicle of developments and fulfillments that lie ...
... bring about human death . This philosophy conceives the role played by man as interpreter as the apex of natural existence : the quintessence of all that has gone before , the embryonic vehicle of developments and fulfillments that lie ...
Page 77
... bring to an end the very conditions of life that set it off from brute matter : life eternal is in fact a contradiction in terms . But religion's repeated insistence upon eternity and immor- tality must have had , in the earlier stages ...
... bring to an end the very conditions of life that set it off from brute matter : life eternal is in fact a contradiction in terms . But religion's repeated insistence upon eternity and immor- tality must have had , in the earlier stages ...
Page 279
... bring back into every village and city a touch of the universal society of which they form an active part . Such people would be ready for further study , further travel , fur- ther research , for further tasks and adventures , as the ...
... bring back into every village and city a touch of the universal society of which they form an active part . Such people would be ready for further study , further travel , fur- ther research , for further tasks and adventures , as the ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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