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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... self - fabricating animal : the only creature who has not rested content with his biological form or with the dumb repetitions of his animal role . The chief source of this particular form of creativity was not fire , tools , weapons ...
... self - fabricating animal : the only creature who has not rested content with his biological form or with the dumb repetitions of his animal role . The chief source of this particular form of creativity was not fire , tools , weapons ...
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... self - fabricating ani- mal . What other organisms do by purely organic means , in and through the structure of their own bodies , man does by extra - organic means , sometimes within his lifetime , or at least within a few centuries ...
... self - fabricating ani- mal . What other organisms do by purely organic means , in and through the structure of their own bodies , man does by extra - organic means , sometimes within his lifetime , or at least within a few centuries ...
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... self - fabricating , 40 needs , 31 psychology , 108 understanding , 86 Animals , brainy , 36 warm - blooded , 27 Anthropology , 40 , 192 Antisthenes , 101 Ants , example of the , 186 Anxiety , reasons for , 47 Aphrodite , visceral , 194 ...
... self - fabricating , 40 needs , 31 psychology , 108 understanding , 86 Animals , brainy , 36 warm - blooded , 27 Anthropology , 40 , 192 Antisthenes , 101 Ants , example of the , 186 Anxiety , reasons for , 47 Aphrodite , visceral , 194 ...
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THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
The Nature of Man 223 | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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