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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... ical progress hoped for too much to come about automatically through the spread of the machine , it would be an equal error to underestimate these effects ; for rapid flight and instantaneous communication and global commerce at least ...
... ical progress hoped for too much to come about automatically through the spread of the machine , it would be an equal error to underestimate these effects ; for rapid flight and instantaneous communication and global commerce at least ...
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... ical discipline of capitalism was adding to the older constraints of institutional formalism : it furthered a rustic simplicity in dress , a peasant homeliness in cooking , an unaffected directness in manners , and above all , a respect ...
... ical discipline of capitalism was adding to the older constraints of institutional formalism : it furthered a rustic simplicity in dress , a peasant homeliness in cooking , an unaffected directness in manners , and above all , a respect ...
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... ical complexity or social prestige may be raised from the standpoint of the vital function served , as when the offices of friendship them- selves replace , as Emerson advocated in his essay on household econ- omy , elaborate ...
... ical complexity or social prestige may be raised from the standpoint of the vital function served , as when the offices of friendship them- selves replace , as Emerson advocated in his essay on household econ- omy , elaborate ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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