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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... energy : a new period of sun - power and electric power is at hand that will utilize current income , instead of dissipating our capital reserves of wood , coal , petroleum , or uranium . The out- put of our machines will rise , while ...
... energy : a new period of sun - power and electric power is at hand that will utilize current income , instead of dissipating our capital reserves of wood , coal , petroleum , or uranium . The out- put of our machines will rise , while ...
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... energy calls for continuous ef- fort . There is indeed a sort of dialectic opposition , throughout all crea- tion , between the tendency to fall into a state of stability and immo- bility , and the tendency to climb upward , to seize ...
... energy calls for continuous ef- fort . There is indeed a sort of dialectic opposition , throughout all crea- tion , between the tendency to fall into a state of stability and immo- bility , and the tendency to climb upward , to seize ...
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... energy not devoted wholly to the struggle for survival . This margin , observable in the most primitive culture , is also visible in man's physiological organization ; and its existence there offers a key to no small part of his ...
... energy not devoted wholly to the struggle for survival . This margin , observable in the most primitive culture , is also visible in man's physiological organization ; and its existence there offers a key to no small part of his ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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