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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Lewis Mumford. 3 : THE EMERGENCE OF THE DIVINE Because of the narrow time - limits of his own life , it is natural that man should think of the universe itself as having a beginning and an end . Too easily ... Emergence of the Divine.
Lewis Mumford. 3 : THE EMERGENCE OF THE DIVINE Because of the narrow time - limits of his own life , it is natural that man should think of the universe itself as having a beginning and an end . Too easily ... Emergence of the Divine.
Page 169
Lewis Mumford. spirit , and prevents the emergence of the divine . Not sin but indiffer- ence , not erroneous knowledge , but skepticism , are the chief aids of the destroyer . The concepts of growth , emergence , and transcendence take ...
Lewis Mumford. spirit , and prevents the emergence of the divine . Not sin but indiffer- ence , not erroneous knowledge , but skepticism , are the chief aids of the destroyer . The concepts of growth , emergence , and transcendence take ...
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... emergent , in new life , 223 transmutation of , 89 Eliot , T. S. , 115 Ellis , Havelock , 190 Elohim , 74 Embodiment , 100 , 103 , 228 Emergence , 25 , 29 , 162 , 169 into person , 241 Emergent Evolution , 73 Emergent , God as a new ...
... emergent , in new life , 223 transmutation of , 89 Eliot , T. S. , 115 Ellis , Havelock , 190 Elohim , 74 Embodiment , 100 , 103 , 228 Emergence , 25 , 29 , 162 , 169 into person , 241 Emergent Evolution , 73 Emergent , God as a new ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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