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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... philosophy of Lao - tse , the plays of Molière , the equations of Gauss , may all be unique events in the history of the universe : but they are still events , just as real in their uniqueness as mass phenomena that have been re- peated ...
... philosophy of Lao - tse , the plays of Molière , the equations of Gauss , may all be unique events in the history of the universe : but they are still events , just as real in their uniqueness as mass phenomena that have been re- peated ...
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... philosophy : for it is from Hinduism , rather than from Christianity , that Schweitzer consciously or unconsciously derived his central ethical doctrine : the reverence for life . The transvaluation of established values , which ...
... philosophy : for it is from Hinduism , rather than from Christianity , that Schweitzer consciously or unconsciously derived his central ethical doctrine : the reverence for life . The transvaluation of established values , which ...
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... philosophy are neatly revealed . Reconstruction in Philosophy . New York : 1920 . Human Nature and Conduct ; an Introduction to Philosophy . New York : 1922 . Excellent . Experience and Nature . Chicago : 1925 . The Quest for Certainty ...
... philosophy are neatly revealed . Reconstruction in Philosophy . New York : 1920 . Human Nature and Conduct ; an Introduction to Philosophy . New York : 1922 . Excellent . Experience and Nature . Chicago : 1925 . The Quest for Certainty ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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