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 58
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
... limited answers to limited and isolated problems : they have not concerned themselves with the pat- tern of the whole . Religion historically preceded science in attempting to interpret the cosmos and man's part in its processes ; and ...
Page 93
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
... limited in area , tends to become an almost self - con- tained world , set apart from each other little self - contained world . So dearly won are the achievements of culture , that , once a departure has been made , it tends for long ...
Page 129
... limited animals escape . The institution of war is such a large - scale perversion : in origin , it may have sprung out of a struggle for a limited food supply in a narrow area ; and this act may have been prolonged beyond its natural ...
... limited animals escape . The institution of war is such a large - scale perversion : in origin , it may have sprung out of a struggle for a limited food supply in a narrow area ; and this act may have been prolonged beyond its natural ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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achieved action activities animal balance become biological biological type bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creature culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic equilibrium effort elements emergence energy environment essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention isolationism living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy primitive produce psychodrama purpose rational religion religious renewal response role romanticism sacrifice Schweitzer seek self-fabrication sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego survival symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole York