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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... single institution or a single set of events for the full explanation of our present condition . All social phenomena , almost without ex- ception , are the result of a multitude of converging and interacting events ; and therefore to ...
... single institution or a single set of events for the full explanation of our present condition . All social phenomena , almost without ex- ception , are the result of a multitude of converging and interacting events ; and therefore to ...
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... single lifetime contains it ; no single culture can encompass all its potentialities . One cannot even partly understand the nature of man , unless one realizes that its roots lie buried in the debris of countless invisible lives and ...
... single lifetime contains it ; no single culture can encompass all its potentialities . One cannot even partly understand the nature of man , unless one realizes that its roots lie buried in the debris of countless invisible lives and ...
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... single cause at the beginning , a single consummation at the end . But the tendency toward organization , development , life , personality does not in fact become wholly intelligible by tracing it back to its origins : the climax of ...
... single cause at the beginning , a single consummation at the end . But the tendency toward organization , development , life , personality does not in fact become wholly intelligible by tracing it back to its origins : the climax of ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
2242 | 25 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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