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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... Patrick Geddes called the insurgent quality of life , its capacity for initiating new activities and going off in unexpected directions in order to overcome its inner limi- tations and external handicaps is almost as characteristic as ...
... Patrick Geddes called the insurgent quality of life , its capacity for initiating new activities and going off in unexpected directions in order to overcome its inner limi- tations and external handicaps is almost as characteristic as ...
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... Patrick Geddes and Havelock Ellis and A. N. Whitehead and Karl Mannheim , to mention only the dead . In the United States , the ideal of the balanced personality has 190 THE CONDUCT OF LIFE.
... Patrick Geddes and Havelock Ellis and A. N. Whitehead and Karl Mannheim , to mention only the dead . In the United States , the ideal of the balanced personality has 190 THE CONDUCT OF LIFE.
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... Patrick Geddes , spending ten of the best years of his life in India , ex- ploring its living resources and planning its cities in consonance with its own mode of life : Gandhi , breaking down caste lines that are even more inviolate ...
... Patrick Geddes , spending ten of the best years of his life in India , ex- ploring its living resources and planning its cities in consonance with its own mode of life : Gandhi , breaking down caste lines that are even more inviolate ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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