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 158
... doctrine of absolutism nor the doc- trine of relativism sufficiently acknowledges ? I put off this question for later discussion in order to deal with still another doctrine widely held today , that evil is merely a projection of fears ...
... doctrine of absolutism nor the doc- trine of relativism sufficiently acknowledges ? I put off this question for later discussion in order to deal with still another doctrine widely held today , that evil is merely a projection of fears ...
Page 213
... doctrine : the reverence for life . The transvaluation of established values , which Schweitzer has so magnificently carried out in his own person , has been only partly ful- filled in his philosophy : his ideas lack the organic ...
... doctrine : the reverence for life . The transvaluation of established values , which Schweitzer has so magnificently carried out in his own person , has been only partly ful- filled in his philosophy : his ideas lack the organic ...
Page 224
... doctrine of the whole , which rests on the dynamic intervention of the human person in every stage of the process ... doctrine of dialectical materialism : especially as that doctrine was expounded by Friedrich Engels . What was ...
... doctrine of the whole , which rests on the dynamic intervention of the human person in every stage of the process ... doctrine of dialectical materialism : especially as that doctrine was expounded by Friedrich Engels . What was ...
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