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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... Herman Melville : a novel whose sub - title , The Ambiguities , underlines the discoveries that Melville himself made in the very course of writing it , and embodied in the paper attributed to the Transcendental philosopher , Plotinus ...
... Herman Melville : a novel whose sub - title , The Ambiguities , underlines the discoveries that Melville himself made in the very course of writing it , and embodied in the paper attributed to the Transcendental philosopher , Plotinus ...
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... Melville observes , produces a few rare souls who try to guide their lives by heavenly time , and seek to make that ... Herman Melville drew the correct conclusions . In his endeavor to confound the morality of prudence , exemplified by ...
... Melville observes , produces a few rare souls who try to guide their lives by heavenly time , and seek to make that ... Herman Melville drew the correct conclusions . In his endeavor to confound the morality of prudence , exemplified by ...
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... Melville , Herman , 16 , 165 , 181 , 185 , 263 Memory , breakdown of , 52 Mencius , 211 Meredith , George , 175 Messiah , 101 false , 111 Messiahs , past , 119 Metamorphosis , magic of , INDEX 331.
... Melville , Herman , 16 , 165 , 181 , 185 , 263 Memory , breakdown of , 52 Mencius , 211 Meredith , George , 175 Messiah , 101 false , 111 Messiahs , past , 119 Metamorphosis , magic of , INDEX 331.
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
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COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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