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 65
... consciousness nothing ? Does their rarity , as one sweeps over the whole range of cosmic forces and events , make them ... conscious knowledge of any single generation cannot be compared for trustworthiness with the funded experience ...
... consciousness nothing ? Does their rarity , as one sweeps over the whole range of cosmic forces and events , make them ... conscious knowledge of any single generation cannot be compared for trustworthiness with the funded experience ...
Page 87
... consciousness is a profound sense of the nature and meaning of life in all its dimensions : an intuition of the ... conscious- ness has doubtless superstitiously served many factitious interests and local needs : but it has remained ...
... consciousness is a profound sense of the nature and meaning of life in all its dimensions : an intuition of the ... conscious- ness has doubtless superstitiously served many factitious interests and local needs : but it has remained ...
Page 88
... consciousness in the life of man , transforms him from a mere speck lost in an almost boundless universe , into a ... conscious animal existence as , say , the cosmic ray , find a path to consciousness that is usually blocked . On ...
... consciousness in the life of man , transforms him from a mere speck lost in an almost boundless universe , into a ... conscious animal existence as , say , the cosmic ray , find a path to consciousness that is usually blocked . On ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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