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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tion rather than resistance , to transform aggression . By all these means Jesus created a new basis for human association and a new social agency for living through and transcending the approaching crisis . The person thus gained the ...
tion rather than resistance , to transform aggression . By all these means Jesus created a new basis for human association and a new social agency for living through and transcending the approaching crisis . The person thus gained the ...
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tion of an otherworldly non - historic society in the form of a Church , then Buddhism , at least , like Islam , shows identic characteristics to Christianity . The second assumption , however , is open to challenge on grounds common ...
tion of an otherworldly non - historic society in the form of a Church , then Buddhism , at least , like Islam , shows identic characteristics to Christianity . The second assumption , however , is open to challenge on grounds common ...
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tion of the pre - rational and unconscious and self - determined elements in human behavior , which makes it possible to include art and religion in our total understanding of the nature and destiny of man . Finally , one associates the ...
tion of the pre - rational and unconscious and self - determined elements in human behavior , which makes it possible to include art and religion in our total understanding of the nature and destiny of man . Finally , one associates the ...
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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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