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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Man is a creature whose appetites , if otherwise uncurbed , would grow by what they feed on : with every further satisfaction , his needs become more imperious : so that what was once an occasional luxury too easily , under prosperous ...
Man is a creature whose appetites , if otherwise uncurbed , would grow by what they feed on : with every further satisfaction , his needs become more imperious : so that what was once an occasional luxury too easily , under prosperous ...
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There will doubtless be further refinements on the Rorschach method : the Murray - Morgan Thematic Apperception Tests bring out other areas of the personality , often indicating more fully immediate stresses and strains .
There will doubtless be further refinements on the Rorschach method : the Murray - Morgan Thematic Apperception Tests bring out other areas of the personality , often indicating more fully immediate stresses and strains .
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Such people would be ready for further study , further travel , further research , for further tasks and adventures , as the harried young people of today , threatened with the horrid compulsions of war , caught in the bureaucratic ...
Such people would be ready for further study , further travel , further research , for further tasks and adventures , as the harried young people of today , threatened with the horrid compulsions of war , caught in the bureaucratic ...
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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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