The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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... individual personality the benefit of the whole community's heightened capacities . It is in and through the community that the individual person finds himself enlarged , energized — and com- pleted . In society man faces himself and ...
... individual personality the benefit of the whole community's heightened capacities . It is in and through the community that the individual person finds himself enlarged , energized — and com- pleted . In society man faces himself and ...
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... individual . " This interpretation rests on a false conception of personality : a con- ception which in fact accepts the medieval belief in a permanent soul that is unaffected by the accidents of historical development , and which en ...
... individual . " This interpretation rests on a false conception of personality : a con- ception which in fact accepts the medieval belief in a permanent soul that is unaffected by the accidents of historical development , and which en ...
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... individual is kept alive by the labors of other men , by knowledge he has acquired in society , by hopes and dreams that recall his social affiliations : the very words he uses to deny the claims of society are them- selves the oldest ...
... individual is kept alive by the labors of other men , by knowledge he has acquired in society , by hopes and dreams that recall his social affiliations : the very words he uses to deny the claims of society are them- selves the oldest ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
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