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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... mechanical , the non - living , Henri Bergson curiously underestimated the formative effect of language and over - stressed the part played by physical tools and mechanical aptitudes , for he perversely interpreted speech as being lamed ...
... mechanical , the non - living , Henri Bergson curiously underestimated the formative effect of language and over - stressed the part played by physical tools and mechanical aptitudes , for he perversely interpreted speech as being lamed ...
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... mechanical apparatus as a substitute for man's more vital and human activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the very condition ...
... mechanical apparatus as a substitute for man's more vital and human activities , we have accepted this depletion , staleness , emptiness : so that even in our amusements , we make a ritual of mechanical repetition - the very condition ...
Page 331
... Mechanical aids , and simplicity , 272 Mechanical order , 241 over - valuation of , 122 Mechanical progress , 7 Mechanism , 32 , 201 bias of , 35 and purpose , 132 semantic misinterpretation of , 133 Mechanization , 273 Medicine ...
... Mechanical aids , and simplicity , 272 Mechanical order , 241 over - valuation of , 122 Mechanical progress , 7 Mechanism , 32 , 201 bias of , 35 and purpose , 132 semantic misinterpretation of , 133 Mechanization , 273 Medicine ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
ORIENTATION TO LIFE | 22 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
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