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 38
... means of changing man's nature and his environment , without leaving indelible marks on his organism or curtailing his essential flexibility and plasticity . A heated house for winter living is the equivalent of the horse's trick of ac ...
... means of changing man's nature and his environment , without leaving indelible marks on his organism or curtailing his essential flexibility and plasticity . A heated house for winter living is the equivalent of the horse's trick of ac ...
Page 121
... mean nothing more than the procession of more complicated organic forms in a continuing time - series . The ... means , sometimes within his lifetime , or at least within a few centuries . Through his culture , man continually ...
... mean nothing more than the procession of more complicated organic forms in a continuing time - series . The ... means , sometimes within his lifetime , or at least within a few centuries . Through his culture , man continually ...
Page 159
... means generate their own ends : " the going is the goal . " The issues raised by this group were so general , that I will illustrate my point further by giving with slight amplifications my own comments on their inability to overcome ...
... means generate their own ends : " the going is the goal . " The issues raised by this group were so general , that I will illustrate my point further by giving with slight amplifications my own comments on their inability to overcome ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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