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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... into barbarism : a barbarism whose powers of destruction have been multiplied by the very scientific knowledge that most modern thinkers , up to our own age , believed a sure guarantee of the continued advance of civilization .
... into barbarism : a barbarism whose powers of destruction have been multiplied by the very scientific knowledge that most modern thinkers , up to our own age , believed a sure guarantee of the continued advance of civilization .
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... those selfstarting activities , those circuitous explorations and long - continued elaborations , which differentiate human behavior from the brutal directness of other animals - though even at lower levels , as in the nestadorning ...
... those selfstarting activities , those circuitous explorations and long - continued elaborations , which differentiate human behavior from the brutal directness of other animals - though even at lower levels , as in the nestadorning ...
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A purposeless life is in fact a contradiction ; for as soon as life becomes purposeless the very possibility of its continued existence comes to an end : in man , that irrationality and futility bring about self - destruction .
A purposeless life is in fact a contradiction ; for as soon as life becomes purposeless the very possibility of its continued existence comes to an end : in man , that irrationality and futility bring about self - destruction .
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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