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Page xiii
... direction of our development needs continual revision . What a challenge this is ! In a society of free people it cannot be met by the training of a few leaders . It is the combined judgment of all engaged in responsible thought and ...
... direction of our development needs continual revision . What a challenge this is ! In a society of free people it cannot be met by the training of a few leaders . It is the combined judgment of all engaged in responsible thought and ...
Page xxvi
... direction immediately run afoul of frustrating difficulties , frustrating because they are at once so diaphanous and so obdurate ; namely , those difficulties which root back into first principles and final values . For education ...
... direction immediately run afoul of frustrating difficulties , frustrating because they are at once so diaphanous and so obdurate ; namely , those difficulties which root back into first principles and final values . For education ...
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... direction , and in human beings no longer maneuvered by instinct this direction can be supplied only by a stable ( which is not to say unchanging ) nucleus of values and beliefs . " Deeper and more fundamental than sexuality , " writes ...
... direction , and in human beings no longer maneuvered by instinct this direction can be supplied only by a stable ( which is not to say unchanging ) nucleus of values and beliefs . " Deeper and more fundamental than sexuality , " writes ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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