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 shape of any living thing depends not merely upon outside pressure but upon inner , self - maintaining , self - restoring , and self - fulfilling processes . The blow of a hammer will leave a dent on a piece of lead : if the solid ...
The shape of any living thing depends not merely upon outside pressure but upon inner , self - maintaining , self - restoring , and self - fulfilling processes . The blow of a hammer will leave a dent on a piece of lead : if the solid ...
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Living organisms , by the most complex and farreaching operations , form food - chains and work - chains that extend from the bacteria in the soil and the air to the domesticated animals , indeed they constantly co - operate to remake ...
Living organisms , by the most complex and farreaching operations , form food - chains and work - chains that extend from the bacteria in the soil and the air to the domesticated animals , indeed they constantly co - operate to remake ...
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simply the insidious potion , the almost morbid poison , Tristan and Iseult found it : love , conscious and unconscious , is the daily food of all living creatures : the means of living , the proof of their capacity to live ...
simply the insidious potion , the almost morbid poison , Tristan and Iseult found it : love , conscious and unconscious , is the daily food of all living creatures : the means of living , the proof of their capacity to live ...
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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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