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 126
... expression by a circuitous route that draws into it other functions of the organism and brings about a wider sharing of the oc- casion with other members of society . The organic need subserves sym- bolic expression : in the act of ...
... expression by a circuitous route that draws into it other functions of the organism and brings about a wider sharing of the oc- casion with other members of society . The organic need subserves sym- bolic expression : in the act of ...
Page 187
... expression , for erotic passion and love , for emotional exuberance and delight , we shall also be unable to establish the inhibitions and con- trols needed to escape automatism and to further autonomous activity ; for inhibitions ...
... expression , for erotic passion and love , for emotional exuberance and delight , we shall also be unable to establish the inhibitions and con- trols needed to escape automatism and to further autonomous activity ; for inhibitions ...
Page 222
Lewis Mumford. Emerson's estimate , that one - half of man is expression , becomes even truer if one realizes that this is mainly dramatic expression : in- deed that his whole history is essentially a psychodrama , or rather a series of ...
Lewis Mumford. Emerson's estimate , that one - half of man is expression , becomes even truer if one realizes that this is mainly dramatic expression : in- deed that his whole history is essentially a psychodrama , or rather a series of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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