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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Speech , human speech , affected a miraculous transformation in human society : by such magic Prospero tamed Caliban and released Ariel . Speech , at first probably inseparable from gesture , exclamatory , disjointed , structureless ...
Speech , human speech , affected a miraculous transformation in human society : by such magic Prospero tamed Caliban and released Ariel . Speech , at first probably inseparable from gesture , exclamatory , disjointed , structureless ...
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The answers to these questions differ in innumerable details ; yet they all point to a common substratum of human experience which is none the less real because language is so inept and ineffectual in coping with it .
The answers to these questions differ in innumerable details ; yet they all point to a common substratum of human experience which is none the less real because language is so inept and ineffectual in coping with it .
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Hindu philosophy , Schweitzer's critique of , 212 Hinduism , 64 , 78 , 235 catholicity of , 109 Historic institutions , saving weakness of , 177 History , assimilation of , 260 human , 25 man's life in , 27 philosophers of ...
Hindu philosophy , Schweitzer's critique of , 212 Hinduism , 64 , 78 , 235 catholicity of , 109 Historic institutions , saving weakness of , 177 History , assimilation of , 260 human , 25 man's life in , 27 philosophers of ...
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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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