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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... turn man himself , now a helpless mechanical puppet , into a wakeful and willing creator . 2 : CANVASS OF POSSIBILITIES The potentialities of the present age have often been childishly mis- conceived . Too readily , we extol our ...
... turn man himself , now a helpless mechanical puppet , into a wakeful and willing creator . 2 : CANVASS OF POSSIBILITIES The potentialities of the present age have often been childishly mis- conceived . Too readily , we extol our ...
Page 81
... turn away from , as almost all other animals in- curiously turn away from their own dead . Anticipating the fact of death , never losing sight of it , religion restores to the person a sense of his true condition ; and when he reaches ...
... turn away from , as almost all other animals in- curiously turn away from their own dead . Anticipating the fact of death , never losing sight of it , religion restores to the person a sense of his true condition ; and when he reaches ...
Page 162
... turn out to be conditions for ade- quate growth . That is why those who have been able to assimilate their experiences in war usually have a far higher degree of maturity than those who never faced extreme hardship and terrifying danger ...
... turn out to be conditions for ade- quate growth . That is why those who have been able to assimilate their experiences in war usually have a far higher degree of maturity than those who never faced extreme hardship and terrifying danger ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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