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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 31
Page 52
... symbols of a non - operational order : symbols that have as many meanings as there are contexts and internal states . Mod- ern man's insulation against the poetic use of words as mere propa- ganda - irrespective of whether the attempt ...
... symbols of a non - operational order : symbols that have as many meanings as there are contexts and internal states . Mod- ern man's insulation against the poetic use of words as mere propa- ganda - irrespective of whether the attempt ...
Page 53
... symbol was not merely the first great step from the organic to the super - or- ganic : it also led to the further development from the social to the personal . Without constant reference to essences , as represented by symbols ...
... symbol was not merely the first great step from the organic to the super - or- ganic : it also led to the further development from the social to the personal . Without constant reference to essences , as represented by symbols ...
Page 339
... Symbol - making activities , 53 Symbolic expression , 126 Symbolic functions , 51 loss of , 52 Symbolic interpretation , 39 Symbolic reference , 53 Symbolism , 45 Symbolization , 44 tools of , 40 Symbols , 53 , 55 Symposium , The , 154 ...
... Symbol - making activities , 53 Symbolic expression , 126 Symbolic functions , 51 loss of , 52 Symbolic interpretation , 39 Symbolic reference , 53 Symbolism , 45 Symbolization , 44 tools of , 40 Symbols , 53 , 55 Symposium , The , 154 ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
Copyright | |
30 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved action activities animal balance become biological biological type bring Buddhism capable capacity century Christian civilization concept consciousness cosmic create creative creature culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic equilibrium effort elements emergence energy environment essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu Hinduism human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation invention isolationism living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy primitive produce psychodrama purpose rational religion religious renewal response role romanticism sacrifice Schweitzer seek self-fabrication sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego survival symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole York