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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Page 183
... Plato recognized in The Republic , even Athens at her best had never found a place for half the human race , its women , in its plan of life : the inner conflict between romantic homosexual love and domestic heterosexual love produced a ...
... Plato recognized in The Republic , even Athens at her best had never found a place for half the human race , its women , in its plan of life : the inner conflict between romantic homosexual love and domestic heterosexual love produced a ...
Page 246
... Plato had realized , indeed , that no amount of self - analysis can sustain one in virtuous conduct unless one brings about constitutional changes in the social order , and provides the kind of education and political institutions that ...
... Plato had realized , indeed , that no amount of self - analysis can sustain one in virtuous conduct unless one brings about constitutional changes in the social order , and provides the kind of education and political institutions that ...
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... Plato , 22 , 44 , 59 , 63 , 142 , 146 , 183 , 244 , 287 Plato's Republic , 149 Play , 284 Premise , unexamined , 159 Present , determination of , by future , 133 Pressure of time , external , 261 Pride , 69 , 245 Primitive , behavior of ...
... Plato , 22 , 44 , 59 , 63 , 142 , 146 , 183 , 244 , 287 Plato's Republic , 149 Play , 284 Premise , unexamined , 159 Present , determination of , by future , 133 Pressure of time , external , 261 Pride , 69 , 245 Primitive , behavior of ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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