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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... external balance between all its constituent species , whose members live by acts of co - operation that , in the higher organisms , are called self - restraint and self - sacrifice . This is the fundamental morality of nature ...
... external balance between all its constituent species , whose members live by acts of co - operation that , in the higher organisms , are called self - restraint and self - sacrifice . This is the fundamental morality of nature ...
Page 188
... external and the internal , between the individual and the group , between autonomous functions and collective ones , between the transi- tory and the enduring : finally , between the local and tribal on one hand , and the cosmopolitan ...
... external and the internal , between the individual and the group , between autonomous functions and collective ones , between the transi- tory and the enduring : finally , between the local and tribal on one hand , and the cosmopolitan ...
Page 264
... external machinations or circumstances . Even in little ways these truths are open to demonstration . In my class on ... external arresting sensations take the place of rational mean- ings as in advertising : external stimuli replace ...
... external machinations or circumstances . Even in little ways these truths are open to demonstration . In my class on ... external arresting sensations take the place of rational mean- ings as in advertising : external stimuli replace ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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