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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... impulses that it expresses . There is in addition a much closer connection be- tween need and dream - satisfaction ... impulse and points the way to an appropriate goal or to a line of action : sometimes to future alterna- tives of ...
... impulses that it expresses . There is in addition a much closer connection be- tween need and dream - satisfaction ... impulse and points the way to an appropriate goal or to a line of action : sometimes to future alterna- tives of ...
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... impulses and appetites , lead men to pain and grief , so that the mass of men , by the very gift of life , are drowned in misery , while even the most fortunate , whose head is temporarily above water , will sooner or later be swallowed ...
... impulses and appetites , lead men to pain and grief , so that the mass of men , by the very gift of life , are drowned in misery , while even the most fortunate , whose head is temporarily above water , will sooner or later be swallowed ...
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... impulses of aggression and ex- pressions of antagonism that were , during the period of development , sufficiently held in check to be innocuous , indeed , in some degree serv- iceable to the personality . The transformation of a benign ...
... impulses of aggression and ex- pressions of antagonism that were , during the period of development , sufficiently held in check to be innocuous , indeed , in some degree serv- iceable to the personality . The transformation of a benign ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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