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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
Page 142
... Plato did in The Laws , observing that " the right way is to place the goods of the soul first and highest in the scale , always assuring temperance to be the condition of them ; and to assign the second place to the goods of the body ...
... Plato did in The Laws , observing that " the right way is to place the goods of the soul first and highest in the scale , always assuring temperance to be the condition of them ; and to assign the second place to the goods of the body ...
Page 183
... Plato recognized in The Republic , even Athens at her best had never found a place for half the human race , its women , in its plan of life : the inner conflict between romantic homosexual love and domestic heterosexual love produced a ...
... Plato recognized in The Republic , even Athens at her best had never found a place for half the human race , its women , in its plan of life : the inner conflict between romantic homosexual love and domestic heterosexual love produced a ...
Page 335
... Plato , 22 , 44 , 59 , 63 , 142 , 146 , 183 , 244 , Plato's Republic , 149 287 Play , 284 Playfulness , 35 , 234 Plotinus Plinlimmon , 165 Po Chü - i , 199 Poet , unreality of , 96 Poincaré , Henri , 49 Polar opposites , 157 Polarizing ...
... Plato , 22 , 44 , 59 , 63 , 142 , 146 , 183 , 244 , Plato's Republic , 149 287 Play , 284 Playfulness , 35 , 234 Plotinus Plinlimmon , 165 Po Chü - i , 199 Poet , unreality of , 96 Poincaré , Henri , 49 Polar opposites , 157 Polarizing ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
achieved action active animal become biological type bring Buddhist capable capacity century Christian civilization concept conscious cosmic create creative creatures culture death detachment dionysian discipline disintegration divine doctrine dominant drama dream dynamic dynamic equilibrium effect effort elements emergence essential ethical evil existence experience external fact forces functions further goal growth habits Herman Melville higher Hindu human personality ical ideal impulses inner insight interpretation isolationism lack life's living man's Marxism means mechanical ment merely mind modern moral nature once one's organic original Patrick Geddes pattern perhaps philosophy physical Plato possible potentialities practice present present philosophy produce promethean psychodrama purpose religion renewal response role romanticism routine Schweitzer seek self-fabricating sense single Singular Points social society Socrates spirit super-ego symbols teleology tion totalitarian Toynbee transformation universal values whole world government York