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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... freedom and brotherhood , it has in the course of a single generation descended to almost the same level of barbarism ; and if the present tensions between " communist " ( now actually fascist ) Soviet Russia and the non - communist ...
... freedom and brotherhood , it has in the course of a single generation descended to almost the same level of barbarism ; and if the present tensions between " communist " ( now actually fascist ) Soviet Russia and the non - communist ...
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... freedom mean the casting off of restraints , the destruction of inhibitions , or the denial of duties and responsibilities . Man loses his freedom through poverty , ignorance , and disease ; and again , he may lose his freedom through ...
... freedom mean the casting off of restraints , the destruction of inhibitions , or the denial of duties and responsibilities . Man loses his freedom through poverty , ignorance , and disease ; and again , he may lose his freedom through ...
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... freedom , that essen- tial attribute of personality : for Marx limited freedom , in so many words , to " the conscious recognition of necessity . " Hence Marxism has no theory to account for its own corruption , though the stench of ...
... freedom , that essen- tial attribute of personality : for Marx limited freedom , in so many words , to " the conscious recognition of necessity . " Hence Marxism has no theory to account for its own corruption , though the stench of ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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