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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No natural history of man can omit , without grave distortion and error , the place of values in his existence . And any scientific anthropology that attempts to ignore values , as outside the pale of science , or to dismiss values as ...
No natural history of man can omit , without grave distortion and error , the place of values in his existence . And any scientific anthropology that attempts to ignore values , as outside the pale of science , or to dismiss values as ...
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without any further efflorescence in values , must remain at a sub - human level ; for a life that is stripped , in theory or in fact , to the ingestion of so many calories of food , the performance of a specified number of man - hours ...
without any further efflorescence in values , must remain at a sub - human level ; for a life that is stripped , in theory or in fact , to the ingestion of so many calories of food , the performance of a specified number of man - hours ...
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So poorly have the moral values that still remain partly operative been transmitted to these students that they are potential , if not active , delinquents . Though they have been screened by intelligence tests and personality tests ...
So poorly have the moral values that still remain partly operative been transmitted to these students that they are potential , if not active , delinquents . Though they have been screened by intelligence tests and personality tests ...
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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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