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 114
... equally rapid re- covery . During that half - millennium , indeed , an extraordinary out- burst of human energy took place : it led to the colonization of the new world , to the mastery of the forces of nature , to the formulation of a ...
... equally rapid re- covery . During that half - millennium , indeed , an extraordinary out- burst of human energy took place : it led to the colonization of the new world , to the mastery of the forces of nature , to the formulation of a ...
Page 119
... equally on all men : likewise the burden of sacrifice . No Diogenes need run through the streets with his lantern looking for an honest man : no John the Baptist need perform a preliminary cleansing and absolution upon others , while ...
... equally on all men : likewise the burden of sacrifice . No Diogenes need run through the streets with his lantern looking for an honest man : no John the Baptist need perform a preliminary cleansing and absolution upon others , while ...
Page 262
... equally accessible , equally open , equally public . Now so far the cloister has performed only an involuntary part in the re - building of the person and the community . Though monastic withdrawal was dismissed as a medieval ...
... equally accessible , equally open , equally public . Now so far the cloister has performed only an involuntary part in the re - building of the person and the community . Though monastic withdrawal was dismissed as a medieval ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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