Power and Responsibility a Course of Action for the New Age

120 Pages·2015·4.686 MB·English

by  Romano Guardini

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POWERAND
RESPONSIBILITY
A CourosfAe ct ion
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by
ROMANO GUARDINI
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Contents
INTRODUCTION xi
THEE.s sENCoEF P oWER
THEoLOGICALC oNCEPTO FP oWER
THEU :<FOLDOINFGP oWER 31
THEN EWC osCEPTO FT HEW oRLD
A..'ID OFMAN 53
PossiBILIOTIESFA cnoN

Introduction
SINCE
everhyi storeipcoacleh n compastsheews h ole
rangoef h umane xperieintccseh ,a racmtaeyrb ed e­
terminbeyda nya speocftt haetx perieYnectein . t he
coursoefh istonryo wo nen,o w anotheelre meonft
existesneceem tso a cquires pecisailg nificance.
Thusw e mighsta yt heu ltimateg oalo fa ntiquity
was tofi ndt he moodfet lh ew ell-formmeadna ndt he
noblweo rka,n dt her esulotf m en'sst rivinign th at
directwiaso nw hatw e meant odabyy thec oncept
"classical."
TheM iddlAeg ese xperienwcietdhp articfuolrarc e
man'rse lationt hteto r anscenGdoedn,ta ndi nt hat
experietnhceue p surginsgt rengotfth h ey oungp eo­
pleosf t heW esta wokeF.r omi tsn ewv antage-point
"abovet"h ew orldt,h ew ilnlo ws oughttos hapteh e
worldan,d thautn iquceo mbinatioofna rdoarn d
architecpturraelc issiooc nh aracteorfit shtiemc e die­
valc onceptioofnl ifcea mei ntboe ing.
Finallyth,e m odema gew,i thi ntelleacntdt ech­
niquein hitheunon knownp roximityt om aterirael-
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