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 61
... give a closer image of reality than no picture at all . Granted that man overestimates his powers and over - values his own organs : granted that he often gives too absolute a value to his individual life and its prolongation : granted ...
... give a closer image of reality than no picture at all . Granted that man overestimates his powers and over - values his own organs : granted that he often gives too absolute a value to his individual life and its prolongation : granted ...
Page 82
... give up for it ? If it goes to the root of our being there may come a moment when we are ready to give up everything . To modern man , for the last few centuries , sacrifice has seemed a primitive and repulsive act , a form of devil ...
... give up for it ? If it goes to the root of our being there may come a moment when we are ready to give up everything . To modern man , for the last few centuries , sacrifice has seemed a primitive and repulsive act , a form of devil ...
Page 266
... give up in sheer despair . The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives , but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression . In some respects , education gives us a foretaste of life and a ...
... give up in sheer despair . The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives , but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression . In some respects , education gives us a foretaste of life and a ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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