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 191
... concept , that only when man's total psychology is under- stood and all his absolutely necessary psychological needs are allowed balanced satisfaction , will a society permitting relatively universal happiness and welfare be achieved ...
... concept , that only when man's total psychology is under- stood and all his absolutely necessary psychological needs are allowed balanced satisfaction , will a society permitting relatively universal happiness and welfare be achieved ...
Page 241
... concept of the person : the last term in the development of the organic world and the human com- munity . Instead of taking as fundamental such a derivative concept as the physical universe , our thought now begins with the agent ...
... concept of the person : the last term in the development of the organic world and the human com- munity . Instead of taking as fundamental such a derivative concept as the physical universe , our thought now begins with the agent ...
Page 317
... concept of process and change the author fails to do justice to the static and " eternal " aspects of experience ... concepts that underlie The Conduct of Life seek to escape this weakness and do justice to all the dimensions of ...
... concept of process and change the author fails to do justice to the static and " eternal " aspects of experience ... concepts that underlie The Conduct of Life seek to escape this weakness and do justice to all the dimensions of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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