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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spirit , and prevents the emergence of the divine . Not sin but indifference , not erroneous knowledge , but skepticism , are the chief aids of the destroyer . The concepts of growth , emergence , and transcendence take us far in the ...
spirit , and prevents the emergence of the divine . Not sin but indifference , not erroneous knowledge , but skepticism , are the chief aids of the destroyer . The concepts of growth , emergence , and transcendence take us far in the ...
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Finally , one associates the new concept with the emergence of a sociology and a philosophy capable of doing justice to every aspect of human life , the inner and the outer , the individuated and the associated , the symbolic and the ...
Finally , one associates the new concept with the emergence of a sociology and a philosophy capable of doing justice to every aspect of human life , the inner and the outer , the individuated and the associated , the symbolic and the ...
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... the , 139 Disruption , favorable nature of , 8 Divine Comedy , The , 119 Divine , Emergence of the , 68-76 ยท Divine , historic sense of the , 68 revelation , 69 Divinity , 242 Division of Labor , 37 , 270 Doctrine of Singular Points ...
... the , 139 Disruption , favorable nature of , 8 Divine Comedy , The , 119 Divine , Emergence of the , 68-76 ยท Divine , historic sense of the , 68 revelation , 69 Divinity , 242 Division of Labor , 37 , 270 Doctrine of Singular Points ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Conduct of Life Volume 34 of Harvest book Harvest book, HB 34 |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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