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 158
... doctrine of absolutism nor the doc- trine of relativism sufficiently acknowledges ? I put off this question for later discussion in order to deal with still another doctrine widely held today , that evil is merely a projection of fears ...
... doctrine of absolutism nor the doc- trine of relativism sufficiently acknowledges ? I put off this question for later discussion in order to deal with still another doctrine widely held today , that evil is merely a projection of fears ...
Page 213
... doctrine : the reverence for life . The transvaluation of established values , which Schweitzer has so magnificently carried out in his own person , has been only partly ful- filled in his philosophy : his ideas lack the organic ...
... doctrine : the reverence for life . The transvaluation of established values , which Schweitzer has so magnificently carried out in his own person , has been only partly ful- filled in his philosophy : his ideas lack the organic ...
Page 227
... doctrine ? As regards all that touches the thousand routine functions of society , with its mass movements and its mass organizations , Maxwell's observation remains inoperative for the greater part of their history : to keep even the ...
... doctrine ? As regards all that touches the thousand routine functions of society , with its mass movements and its mass organizations , Maxwell's observation remains inoperative for the greater part of their history : to keep even the ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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