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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... create a meaningful life for itself , the personality takes its own revenge : from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity : raw animality forms a counterpoise to the meaningless stimuli and the vicarious life to which ...
... create a meaningful life for itself , the personality takes its own revenge : from the lower depths comes a regressive form of spontaneity : raw animality forms a counterpoise to the meaningless stimuli and the vicarious life to which ...
Page 181
... creating within himself the equi- librium that is essential for both survival and growth . To achieve bal- ance ... create him ? Now , the notion of balance has something of the simplicity and natu- ralness of the conception of the ...
... creating within himself the equi- librium that is essential for both survival and growth . To achieve bal- ance ... create him ? Now , the notion of balance has something of the simplicity and natu- ralness of the conception of the ...
Page 223
... create unity : out of the separation of classes and cultures , we must create common goals that will unite them , without permitting any permanent state of dominance and inferiority : out of intellectual specialization , we must ...
... create unity : out of the separation of classes and cultures , we must create common goals that will unite them , without permitting any permanent state of dominance and inferiority : out of intellectual specialization , we must ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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