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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the physical organism as a whole , but in the higher functions . Up to the point that bodily deterioration undermines the higher functions , their expansion and renewal are the main conditions for a good life : a life of increasing ...
the physical organism as a whole , but in the higher functions . Up to the point that bodily deterioration undermines the higher functions , their expansion and renewal are the main conditions for a good life : a life of increasing ...
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the lower self must not dominate the higher , neither must the higher seek to extirpate the lower : for at that moment it removes the energies needed for its own propulsion . The increasing dominance of the higher functions , which is ...
the lower self must not dominate the higher , neither must the higher seek to extirpate the lower : for at that moment it removes the energies needed for its own propulsion . The increasing dominance of the higher functions , which is ...
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Even a purely physiological analysis of man's behavior , then , establishes the fact that there are higher and lower goods ; and that the higher goods are those leading toward freedom and multiple choices , toward esthetic sensitivity ...
Even a purely physiological analysis of man's behavior , then , establishes the fact that there are higher and lower goods ; and that the higher goods are those leading toward freedom and multiple choices , toward esthetic sensitivity ...
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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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