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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Final results : a surfeit of tasks , interests , stimuli , reactions : an absence of valuable order and purpose . In the end , such a civilization can produce only a mass man : incapable of choice , incapable of spontaneous ...
Final results : a surfeit of tasks , interests , stimuli , reactions : an absence of valuable order and purpose . In the end , such a civilization can produce only a mass man : incapable of choice , incapable of spontaneous ...
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Spinoza , in his Ethics , dismissed the notion of cosmic purpose , or finalism , by saying that " nature has no fixed end in view , and . . all final causes are merely fabrications of men . " During the last three centuries that ...
Spinoza , in his Ethics , dismissed the notion of cosmic purpose , or finalism , by saying that " nature has no fixed end in view , and . . all final causes are merely fabrications of men . " During the last three centuries that ...
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See especially the final pages of the final essay . Janet , Paul ( Alexandre René ) : Final Causes . Edinburgh : 1878 . One of the best nineteenth century discussions , which won the approbation of such a keen thinker as Professor ...
See especially the final pages of the final essay . Janet , Paul ( Alexandre René ) : Final Causes . Edinburgh : 1878 . One of the best nineteenth century discussions , which won the approbation of such a keen thinker as Professor ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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| 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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