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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... animal rela- tives either by the fact that he lives in groups or performs physical work with tools . Man is first and foremost the self - fabricating animal : the only creature who has not rested content with his biological form or with ...
... animal rela- tives either by the fact that he lives in groups or performs physical work with tools . Man is first and foremost the self - fabricating animal : the only creature who has not rested content with his biological form or with ...
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... animal needs and his exorbitant capacities for pain and misery , concealed even in his briefest pleasures and joys ? May he thus escape from the dismal cycle of animal existence : may he , even while he is on earth , by strict efforts ...
... animal needs and his exorbitant capacities for pain and misery , concealed even in his briefest pleasures and joys ? May he thus escape from the dismal cycle of animal existence : may he , even while he is on earth , by strict efforts ...
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... animal , if he is not to fall below the level of any beast . As a product of nature , whose past links him with other animal species , whose present condition unites him in complicated ecological partnerships , making him dependent upon ...
... animal , if he is not to fall below the level of any beast . As a product of nature , whose past links him with other animal species , whose present condition unites him in complicated ecological partnerships , making him dependent upon ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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