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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and higher centers a continuous traffic goes on : the first supplies energy and vitality , feeling and emotion , to all that the mind undertakes , thus enlisting the active aid of the whole organism ; the second makes use of its special ...
and higher centers a continuous traffic goes on : the first supplies energy and vitality , feeling and emotion , to all that the mind undertakes , thus enlisting the active aid of the whole organism ; the second makes use of its special ...
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At such a pass , the human personality may produce an effect out of all proportion to its physical powers , just as a tiny seed - crystal , dropped into a saturate solution , may cause the whole mass to assume a similar crystalline form ...
At such a pass , the human personality may produce an effect out of all proportion to its physical powers , just as a tiny seed - crystal , dropped into a saturate solution , may cause the whole mass to assume a similar crystalline form ...
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... 105 , 185 , 190 , 248 , 292 Whole , orientation to the , 79 philosophy of the , 180 , 224 sense of the , 216 Whole , Doctrine of the , 223-226 Whole Man , 182 Whole Man , The , as Ideal Type , 196-205 Wholeness , 192 religious sense ...
... 105 , 185 , 190 , 248 , 292 Whole , orientation to the , 79 philosophy of the , 180 , 224 sense of the , 216 Whole , Doctrine of the , 223-226 Whole Man , 182 Whole Man , The , as Ideal Type , 196-205 Wholeness , 192 religious sense ...
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Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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| 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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