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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To understand the nature of man , accordingly , we must first of all understand this prologue ; that is , we must take man as we now find him , in all his historic complexity : no bare animal shivering in his skin , groping in the dark ...
To understand the nature of man , accordingly , we must first of all understand this prologue ; that is , we must take man as we now find him , in all his historic complexity : no bare animal shivering in his skin , groping in the dark ...
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More than one encyclopedic philosopher of history in our time has exerted much effort to understand how and why a cycle of culture or civilization develops , flourishes , and comes to an end . Spengler , using the simplest but most ...
More than one encyclopedic philosopher of history in our time has exerted much effort to understand how and why a cycle of culture or civilization develops , flourishes , and comes to an end . Spengler , using the simplest but most ...
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At all events , only when we begin with the person can we fill out the blank spaces in our understanding left by the ... Causal explanation endeavors to understand the complex by means of the simple ; breaks up the whole to deal with ...
At all events , only when we begin with the person can we fill out the blank spaces in our understanding left by the ... Causal explanation endeavors to understand the complex by means of the simple ; breaks up the whole to deal with ...
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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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