The Modern Temper: A Study and a ConfessionKrutch's incisive examination of the dilemmas faced by modern man has proved remarkably prophetic. This book stands as an unflinchingly honest examination of the major moral questions of our era. |
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The Genesis of a Mood | 3 |
The Paradox of Humanism | 19 |
The Disillusion with the Laboratory | 39 |
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