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 124
... creative processes that have a subjective and internal origin . There are moments when the continued growth in the person de- mands the endurance of maladjustment : moments that may be accom- panied by complete alienation from the ...
... creative processes that have a subjective and internal origin . There are moments when the continued growth in the person de- mands the endurance of maladjustment : moments that may be accom- panied by complete alienation from the ...
Page 136
... creative acts . Without reference to these higher processes in man , one cannot perhaps make an adequate interpretation of what goes on in earlier stages of organic development . Since these concepts are still unfamiliar , I must make ...
... creative acts . Without reference to these higher processes in man , one cannot perhaps make an adequate interpretation of what goes on in earlier stages of organic development . Since these concepts are still unfamiliar , I must make ...
Page 242
... creative properties and gave precedence to matter , motion , quantitative change . The order and continuity man finds in nature , he takes to himself , in order to further his own development . Likewise the variety and adventure , the ...
... creative properties and gave precedence to matter , motion , quantitative change . The order and continuity man finds in nature , he takes to himself , in order to further his own development . Likewise the variety and adventure , the ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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