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 33
... organic existence the human personality emerges out of the matrix of communal functions and activities ; and with it certain conditions , essential to all life , become intensified and height- ened : for in man there is a sharpening of ...
... organic existence the human personality emerges out of the matrix of communal functions and activities ; and with it certain conditions , essential to all life , become intensified and height- ened : for in man there is a sharpening of ...
Page 140
... organic hierarchy leads . The highest functions are those of the nervous system ; and they culminate in the over - developed and still only partly used organ that is responsible for the effective working of the whole . Common American ...
... organic hierarchy leads . The highest functions are those of the nervous system ; and they culminate in the over - developed and still only partly used organ that is responsible for the effective working of the whole . Common American ...
Page 333
... Organic balance , 182 Organic functions , 136 man's , 92 Organic hierarchy , 140 Organic life , 27 characteristics of , 29 Organic need , 126 Organic unity , Hegelian conception of , 224 Organism , 189 , 243 selections of , 128 total ...
... Organic balance , 182 Organic functions , 136 man's , 92 Organic hierarchy , 140 Organic life , 27 characteristics of , 29 Organic need , 126 Organic unity , Hegelian conception of , 224 Organism , 189 , 243 selections of , 128 total ...
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