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 142
... higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions - as in fortifying the body by hard exercise- must be for the sake of giving more scope to the higher functions . But with reason , the ...
... higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions - as in fortifying the body by hard exercise- must be for the sake of giving more scope to the higher functions . But with reason , the ...
Page 143
Lewis Mumford. the lower self must not dominate the higher , neither must the higher seek to extirpate the lower : for at that moment it removes the ener- gies needed for its own propulsion . The increasing dominance of the higher ...
Lewis Mumford. the lower self must not dominate the higher , neither must the higher seek to extirpate the lower : for at that moment it removes the ener- gies needed for its own propulsion . The increasing dominance of the higher ...
Page 144
... higher and lower goods ; and that the higher goods are those leading toward freedom and multiple choices , toward esthetic sensitivity and symbolic interpretation , toward the domination of the parts by the whole and the subordination ...
... higher and lower goods ; and that the higher goods are those leading toward freedom and multiple choices , toward esthetic sensitivity and symbolic interpretation , toward the domination of the parts by the whole and the subordination ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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