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. |
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... forces valuable , since events and forces may be increasingly directed , in accordance with man's own plan of life , to their human , and eventually their divine , destination . While this fact makes man an active mediator it does not ...
... forces valuable , since events and forces may be increasingly directed , in accordance with man's own plan of life , to their human , and eventually their divine , destination . While this fact makes man an active mediator it does not ...
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... forces that operate through institutional mechanisms from day to day . ( In terms of our sociological schema the personal processes of formulation and incarnation must be followed through by the social processes of incorporation and ...
... forces that operate through institutional mechanisms from day to day . ( In terms of our sociological schema the personal processes of formulation and incarnation must be followed through by the social processes of incorporation and ...
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... forces of barbarism whose existence Spengler had already ominously pointed to . As in most other discussions of the ... force , a nisus , a thrust toward con- centration , organization , and life . " William James's looser statement of ...
... forces of barbarism whose existence Spengler had already ominously pointed to . As in most other discussions of the ... force , a nisus , a thrust toward con- centration , organization , and life . " William James's looser statement of ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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