The Myth of the Machine, Volume 2Shows that man himself has from the beginning been and still is the central fact of human life today. |
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... absolute ruler . As it happened , the President of the United States was equipped with emergency powers written into the American constitution in direct imita- tion of Roman precedent . Under wartime conditions , the President had ...
... absolute ruler . As it happened , the President of the United States was equipped with emergency powers written into the American constitution in direct imita- tion of Roman precedent . Under wartime conditions , the President had ...
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... absolute despotism , without law or right : more absolute than any past system . " This despotic regime , " he noted , " will not be practiced any longer by dynasties . They are too soft and kindhearted . The new tyrannies will be in ...
... absolute despotism , without law or right : more absolute than any past system . " This despotic regime , " he noted , " will not be practiced any longer by dynasties . They are too soft and kindhearted . The new tyrannies will be in ...
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... Absolute control , magical , 178 Absolute power , misdirection of , 269 ; need for new symbol of , 243 ' Absolute ' weapon , fear of , 253 Absolutes , untrustworthiness of , 74 Absolutism , [ 2 ] ; baroque , 81 ; Descartes ' admiration ...
... Absolute control , magical , 178 Absolute power , misdirection of , 269 ; need for new symbol of , 243 ' Absolute ' weapon , fear of , 253 Absolutes , untrustworthiness of , 74 Absolutism , [ 2 ] ; baroque , 81 ; Descartes ' admiration ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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abstract accepted achieved activities actually already ancient authority automatic automation became become beginning brought century civilization collective communication complex continued culture demands Descartes destruction direct economy effect effort energy environment equally established existence experience exploration fact final forces functions further future give human idea improvements increase industrial institutions intelligence invention knowledge later least less limited living machine man's mass material means mechanical megamachine megatechnics merely method military mind mode moral nature necessary never objective observed once operation organic original past perhaps physical possible power system practical present production progress proved reality remained result scientific scientists seemed sense single social society space subjective success sufficient symbolic taken technical thought tion turn ultimate United universal whole world picture York