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 140
... higher and lower ends . Unfortu- nately , at this point one historic doctrine after another has been tempted into a too easy solution based on the simple dualism between body and soul . This overlooks the fact that it is within the body ...
... higher and lower ends . Unfortu- nately , at this point one historic doctrine after another has been tempted into a too easy solution based on the simple dualism between body and soul . This overlooks the fact that it is within the body ...
Page 142
... higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions - as in fortifying the body by hard exercise- must be for the sake of giving more scope to the higher functions . But with reason , the ...
... higher functions or to disrupt the whole . Any special attention one may pay to the lower functions - as in fortifying the body by hard exercise- must be for the sake of giving more scope to the higher functions . But with reason , the ...
Page 144
... higher and lower goods ; and that the higher goods are those leading toward freedom and multiple choices , toward esthetic sensitivity and symbolic interpretation , toward the domination of the parts by the whole and the subordination ...
... higher and lower goods ; and that the higher goods are those leading toward freedom and multiple choices , toward esthetic sensitivity and symbolic interpretation , toward the domination of the parts by the whole and the subordination ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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