The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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Page 91
... living , sleep will not call us away from prayer , nor satiety from reading . In summer , the shade of a tree will afford us privacy . In autumn , the quality of the air and the leaves strewn underfoot will invite us to stop and rest ...
... living , sleep will not call us away from prayer , nor satiety from reading . In summer , the shade of a tree will afford us privacy . In autumn , the quality of the air and the leaves strewn underfoot will invite us to stop and rest ...
Page 150
... living was still often brutal , harsh , foolish , and cruel , the Church embodied rationality and ideal purpose : it gave collec- tive dignity to human life at large as no other institution had ever done for so large a part of the ...
... living was still often brutal , harsh , foolish , and cruel , the Church embodied rationality and ideal purpose : it gave collec- tive dignity to human life at large as no other institution had ever done for so large a part of the ...
Page 346
... living and the living , the continuity of living organisms , their variety and plasticity , their unsuppressible energy in meeting the hardest chal- lenges and their capacity for planning , beyond mere survival , toward an ever - more ...
... living and the living , the continuity of living organisms , their variety and plasticity , their unsuppressible energy in meeting the hardest chal- lenges and their capacity for planning , beyond mere survival , toward an ever - more ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
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