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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... physical world " applies even more to the per- son . Even the most primitive physical phenomena may be quite inade- quately interpreted as " merely " of a thermal or electrical nature- if the ultimate tendency of the evolutionary ...
... physical world " applies even more to the per- son . Even the most primitive physical phenomena may be quite inade- quately interpreted as " merely " of a thermal or electrical nature- if the ultimate tendency of the evolutionary ...
Page 228
... physical powers , just as a tiny seed - crystal , dropped into a saturate solution , may cause the whole mass to assume a similar crystalline form . Such timely intervention of a " physical magnitude too small to be taken account of by ...
... physical powers , just as a tiny seed - crystal , dropped into a saturate solution , may cause the whole mass to assume a similar crystalline form . Such timely intervention of a " physical magnitude too small to be taken account of by ...
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Lewis Mumford. Physical need , 126 Physical world , scientific description of , 58 Physicist , as Ethan Brand , 17 Philosophy , new , 8 Philosophy , Schweitzer's criticism of , 213 Philosophy of the whole , 180 Physical magnitudes ...
Lewis Mumford. Physical need , 126 Physical world , scientific description of , 58 Physicist , as Ethan Brand , 17 Philosophy , new , 8 Philosophy , Schweitzer's criticism of , 213 Philosophy of the whole , 180 Physical magnitudes ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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