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 141
... functions by the higher ones is always fitful and uncertain : the conscious , rational mind , established later than the lower functions , is like a wise ruler , resisted by his un- ruly subjects , who would prefer to be left alone in ...
... functions by the higher ones is always fitful and uncertain : the conscious , rational mind , established later than the lower functions , is like a wise ruler , resisted by his un- ruly subjects , who would prefer to be left alone in ...
Page 142
... functions to ensure their fullest contribution to the whole proc- ess of growth ; but not to allow them to usurp the place of the higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions ...
... functions to ensure their fullest contribution to the whole proc- ess of growth ; but not to allow them to usurp the place of the higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions ...
Page 144
... functions to a guiding purpose : in fine , toward the creation of a mean- ingful and valuable world . The slightest impairment of activity in the forebrain , either through drugs or overt injury , first destroys the sym- bolic functions ...
... functions to a guiding purpose : in fine , toward the creation of a mean- ingful and valuable world . The slightest impairment of activity in the forebrain , either through drugs or overt injury , first destroys the sym- bolic functions ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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