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 9
... present , correctly viewed , is a composite of seen and unseen forces derived from the past , and anticipated or potential forces , directed back into the pres- ent from an ideal future . As Korzybski once put it , in a phrase that says ...
... present , correctly viewed , is a composite of seen and unseen forces derived from the past , and anticipated or potential forces , directed back into the pres- ent from an ideal future . As Korzybski once put it , in a phrase that says ...
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... present culture ; we shall also carry into the future many of the ele- ments of positive good that this culture actually embraces - its sense of impersonal truths that lie beyond mere wishful thinking , its tech- nique for collective ...
... present culture ; we shall also carry into the future many of the ele- ments of positive good that this culture actually embraces - its sense of impersonal truths that lie beyond mere wishful thinking , its tech- nique for collective ...
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... present parochial world : that world whose narrow limits are not in fact extended by the vague drib- ble of information and suggestion that reaches them by way of books or radios , filtered through many political and ideological sieves ...
... present parochial world : that world whose narrow limits are not in fact extended by the vague drib- ble of information and suggestion that reaches them by way of books or radios , filtered through many political and ideological sieves ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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