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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Page 26
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 68
... understand things well only by creating them : so in the effort to understand the universe , he was disposed , in conformity with his own nature , to assume a creator who stands out- side his creation and commands it . In an effort to ...
... understand things well only by creating them : so in the effort to understand the universe , he was disposed , in conformity with his own nature , to assume a creator who stands out- side his creation and commands it . In an effort to ...
Page 241
... understanding left by the purely causal inter- pretations of science . Causal explanation endeavors to understand the complex by means of the simple ; breaks up the whole to deal with the part ; treats all events as determined sequences ...
... understanding left by the purely causal inter- pretations of science . Causal explanation endeavors to understand the complex by means of the simple ; breaks up the whole to deal with the part ; treats all events as determined sequences ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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