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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... creature governed mainly by his condi- tioned reflexes - the ideal type desired , if never quite achieved , by the ... creatures is : " They do not make trouble . " Their highest virtue is : " They do not stick their necks out ...
... creature governed mainly by his condi- tioned reflexes - the ideal type desired , if never quite achieved , by the ... creatures is : " They do not make trouble . " Their highest virtue is : " They do not stick their necks out ...
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... creatures into clerks and bookkeepers , into physicians and inventors , into farm laborers and mechanics : creatures adapted to many roles of a most exacting kind , not found in nature or in primitive societies . The creation of such ...
... creatures into clerks and bookkeepers , into physicians and inventors , into farm laborers and mechanics : creatures adapted to many roles of a most exacting kind , not found in nature or in primitive societies . The creation of such ...
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... creatures : even their most passive responses are still determined by general goals derived from their organic plan of life : they actively reach out for one kind of good and reject another . Some of the selections that the organism ...
... creatures : even their most passive responses are still determined by general goals derived from their organic plan of life : they actively reach out for one kind of good and reject another . Some of the selections that the organism ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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