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 114
... century , or rather , till the First World War , were there concrete evidences of those shrinkages and lapses that went on so dishearteningly through- out the Hellenic world from the end of the fifth century B.C. , and again in the ...
... century , or rather , till the First World War , were there concrete evidences of those shrinkages and lapses that went on so dishearteningly through- out the Hellenic world from the end of the fifth century B.C. , and again in the ...
Page 186
... century Athens , thirteenth century Florence , sixteenth century London , early nineteenth century Concord , are those in which most men have been whole , and in which society has found the means of supporting and furthering their ...
... century Athens , thirteenth century Florence , sixteenth century London , early nineteenth century Concord , are those in which most men have been whole , and in which society has found the means of supporting and furthering their ...
Page 211
... century . Here is an indication of Schweitzer's intuitive grasp . Though he himself followed the way of Jesus , he recognized the original limita- tions of Jesus's thought : it was the product of a parochial , self - centered culture ...
... century . Here is an indication of Schweitzer's intuitive grasp . Though he himself followed the way of Jesus , he recognized the original limita- tions of Jesus's thought : it was the product of a parochial , self - centered culture ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action activities animal balance become biological biological type bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creature culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic equilibrium effort elements emergence energy environment essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention isolationism living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy primitive produce psychodrama purpose rational religion religious renewal response role romanticism sacrifice Schweitzer seek self-fabrication sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego survival symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole York