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 90
... observation , utilizing aspects of life and personality that science too long has disdained . Religion concerns itself with the reaction of man in his wholeness to the whole that embraces him . Instead of abandoning religion as science ...
... observation , utilizing aspects of life and personality that science too long has disdained . Religion concerns itself with the reaction of man in his wholeness to the whole that embraces him . Instead of abandoning religion as science ...
Page 137
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation- and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
... observation , the purpose of the whole , the grand de- sign , cannot be established either by experiment or by observation- and neither , for that matter , can it be refuted or discredited by such means as long as living organisms ...
Page 238
... observation and experiment , and a universal principle of association , based on freedom of thought and communication , and voluntary affiliation under the forms of democracy . The development of international congresses of science and ...
... observation and experiment , and a universal principle of association , based on freedom of thought and communication , and voluntary affiliation under the forms of democracy . The development of international congresses of science and ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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