Civilization on TrialThirteen essays and lectures written over a period of years, dealing with many problems. |
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... society . It has , perhaps , been reached by individual men and women . At least , I can think of certain saints and sages who seem to me , in their personal lives , to have reached the goal , at least in so far as I myself am able to ...
... society . It has , perhaps , been reached by individual men and women . At least , I can think of certain saints and sages who seem to me , in their personal lives , to have reached the goal , at least in so far as I myself am able to ...
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... society and in the nature of man . Society is , after all , only the common ground between the fields of action of a number of personalities , and human personality , at any rate as we know it in this world , has an innate capacity for ...
... society and in the nature of man . Society is , after all , only the common ground between the fields of action of a number of personalities , and human personality , at any rate as we know it in this world , has an innate capacity for ...
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... society of which he is a member . The individ- ual exists for society , not society for the individual . There- fore the significant and important thing in human life is not the spiritual development of souls but the social de ...
... society of which he is a member . The individ- ual exists for society , not society for the individual . There- fore the significant and important thing in human life is not the spiritual development of souls but the social de ...
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My View of History | 3 |
The Present Point in History | 16 |
Does History Repeat Itself? | 29 |
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