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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Thus the inertia of " progress " today leads swiftly downhill ; while the attempt to achieve stabilization by ... to such a transformation of himself and all the groups and associations in which he participates , as will lead to law and ...
Thus the inertia of " progress " today leads swiftly downhill ; while the attempt to achieve stabilization by ... to such a transformation of himself and all the groups and associations in which he participates , as will lead to law and ...
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... intermittent acts , but constant ones , whose main purpose is to maintain the balance that is partly achieved and assist in those further developments , which , by upsetting balance , lead to growth and increasing fullness of life .
... intermittent acts , but constant ones , whose main purpose is to maintain the balance that is partly achieved and assist in those further developments , which , by upsetting balance , lead to growth and increasing fullness of life .
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Action that does not , in turn , lead to reflection , is perhaps even more gravely incomplete . For one person who is lost so completely in reverie or abstract thought that he forfeits the capacity to act , there are now a hundred so ...
Action that does not , in turn , lead to reflection , is perhaps even more gravely incomplete . For one person who is lost so completely in reverie or abstract thought that he forfeits the capacity to act , there are now a hundred so ...
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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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