The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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Page 232
... Western man forced himself to feats of courage and derring - do which would have been inconceivable in people who had a more judicious sense of their own limitations or a more critical understanding of their own unworthiness . The ...
... Western man forced himself to feats of courage and derring - do which would have been inconceivable in people who had a more judicious sense of their own limitations or a more critical understanding of their own unworthiness . The ...
Page 240
... Western culture in general , and especially of Western technics - Western man's particular pride to the more primi- tive peoples has rarely been acknowledged , or even recognized . His ig- norance and insolence served as hypnotics to ...
... Western culture in general , and especially of Western technics - Western man's particular pride to the more primi- tive peoples has rarely been acknowledged , or even recognized . His ig- norance and insolence served as hypnotics to ...
Page 467
... Western civilization , reversal of , 366 Western Culture , its debt to primitive culture , 240 Western man , 228 Western personality , split in , 243 Westminster Abbey , 127 Whitehead , A. N. , 390 Whitman , Walt , 11 , 55 , 278 , 296 ...
... Western civilization , reversal of , 366 Western Culture , its debt to primitive culture , 240 Western man , 228 Western personality , split in , 243 Westminster Abbey , 127 Whitehead , A. N. , 390 Whitman , Walt , 11 , 55 , 278 , 296 ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
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