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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... biology . But the fact is that this very impersonalism is the source of a radical error quite as deep as that which ... biological type of the dominant person . In origin , for example , the Christian religion had no civic or do- mestic ...
... biology . But the fact is that this very impersonalism is the source of a radical error quite as deep as that which ... biological type of the dominant person . In origin , for example , the Christian religion had no civic or do- mestic ...
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Lewis Mumford. of effort and culture ; a type that overlays biological , regional , occu- pational , cultural differences . In the matter of balance , we encounter the same original difficulties that we do in the case of universality ...
Lewis Mumford. of effort and culture ; a type that overlays biological , regional , occu- pational , cultural differences . In the matter of balance , we encounter the same original difficulties that we do in the case of universality ...
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... biological endowment and live in accordance with it : at the moment of ... type at the expense of one's common humanity must prove in the end ... biological type : the cerebral one . Now that mankind , to guarantee its survival and go ...
... biological endowment and live in accordance with it : at the moment of ... type at the expense of one's common humanity must prove in the end ... biological type : the cerebral one . Now that mankind , to guarantee its survival and go ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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