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 85
... achieved without renouncing many of the goods that gave one satisfaction on a lower plane . Unless the great political leader can , at the right moment , give up his politi- cal power , as Solon did , unless the loving mother can ...
... achieved without renouncing many of the goods that gave one satisfaction on a lower plane . Unless the great political leader can , at the right moment , give up his politi- cal power , as Solon did , unless the loving mother can ...
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... achieved , the conditions that had been so favorable to the balanced personality in the fifth century had been undermined : a Time of Trouble is , almost by definition , a time of imbalance and distortion . But there was likewise a good ...
... achieved , the conditions that had been so favorable to the balanced personality in the fifth century had been undermined : a Time of Trouble is , almost by definition , a time of imbalance and distortion . But there was likewise a good ...
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... achieve a view of the external world in which his own wishes and hopes and fantasies should play as small a part as possible in coloring the re- sults . In consequence of this displacement of the person , he has achieved law and order ...
... achieve a view of the external world in which his own wishes and hopes and fantasies should play as small a part as possible in coloring the re- sults . In consequence of this displacement of the person , he has achieved law and order ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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