The Conduct of LifeDiscusses 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. -- Publisher's description. |
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Man stands at a busy crossroads where he directs the flow of traffic between the past and the future : his present , correctly viewed , is a composite of seen and unseen forces derived from the past , and anticipated or potential forces ...
Man stands at a busy crossroads where he directs the flow of traffic between the past and the future : his present , correctly viewed , is a composite of seen and unseen forces derived from the past , and anticipated or potential forces ...
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If our new philosophy is well grounded we shall not merely react against the " air - conditioned nightmare " of our present culture ; we shall also carry into the future many of the elements of positive good that this culture actually ...
If our new philosophy is well grounded we shall not merely react against the " air - conditioned nightmare " of our present culture ; we shall also carry into the future many of the elements of positive good that this culture actually ...
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They would no longer live in their present parochial world : that world whose narrow limits are not in fact extended by the vague dribble of information and suggestion that reaches them by way of books or radios , filtered through many ...
They would no longer live in their present parochial world : that world whose narrow limits are not in fact extended by the vague dribble of information and suggestion that reaches them by way of books or radios , filtered through many ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Conduct of Life Volume 34 of Harvest book Harvest book, HB 34 |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace, 1951 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 342 pages |
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