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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Neither faith nor reason could bring such complete defilements and miscarriages of life within the compass of human acceptance , if a divine purpose actually presided over all the occasions of human life . Plainly , if there is a loving ...
Neither faith nor reason could bring such complete defilements and miscarriages of life within the compass of human acceptance , if a divine purpose actually presided over all the occasions of human life . Plainly , if there is a loving ...
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That is why incidentally there is more reason in the primitive Christian notion of the resurrection of the physical body on the Day of Judgment , than in the gnostic fancy that spirit has no need of matter .
That is why incidentally there is more reason in the primitive Christian notion of the resurrection of the physical body on the Day of Judgment , than in the gnostic fancy that spirit has no need of matter .
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5 : THE NEED FOR TWO LIVES There is one further reason for the practice of withdrawal and spiritual concentration : perhaps the most important reason of all . To live wisely , each of us ...
5 : THE NEED FOR TWO LIVES There is one further reason for the practice of withdrawal and spiritual concentration : perhaps the most important reason of all . To live wisely , each of us ...
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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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