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The rediscovery of man; a memoir and a methodology of modern life / by Waldo Frank.
LIBRA 125 F854
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frank, Waldo David, 1889-1967.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Life.
- Human beings.
- Physical Description:
- xix pages, 1 unnumbered page, 491 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Redicovery of man
- Place of Publication:
- New York : George Braziller, Inc., 1958.
- Contents:
- Book One: The Western World. Spectrograph of European man; Climax of Europe; Fall of knowledge, rise of faiths; The collective egoisms; Man beyond mechanism; Nescience and the person; The ultimate of science
- Book Two: The Nature of Revelation. Relation as function; Relation as knowledge; The dimensions of the self; Cosmos and God; Psychology as action; Interlude: Two American prophets
- Book Three: Methodology. Socio-integration: the community; Psycho-integration: The person; Parabola.
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- "The purpose of this book is to suggest a method for living in the modern world - not an exclusive or dogmatic method, but one which will move the reader toward developing his own. Since it claims no uncommon revelation of 'truth,' it must for its credentials fall back on the experience of the man who writes the book."--Introduction.
- Includes index.
- "Jacket design by Sydney Butchkes."
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- OCLC:
- 3751625
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