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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... achieved . There are many ways of looking upon the life of Leonardo da Vinci . One may see him as the meticulous painter whose passion for perfection lowered his output of art , as the extraordinary engineer whose inventions and ...
... achieved . There are many ways of looking upon the life of Leonardo da Vinci . One may see him as the meticulous painter whose passion for perfection lowered his output of art , as the extraordinary engineer whose inventions and ...
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... achieved knowledge or technical expertise : each eager to jump with all possible speed to a post of authority , to ... achieving balance and are unattracted by the human reward . What one must give up , in any effort to achieve a many ...
... achieved knowledge or technical expertise : each eager to jump with all possible speed to a post of authority , to ... achieving balance and are unattracted by the human reward . What one must give up , in any effort to achieve a many ...
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... achieved , utopian authors saw no need for further change . Even Marx deserted his dynamic Hegelian ideology once communism was supposedly achieved . Thus the ideal society would oper- ate indefinitely , like a well - oiled machine ...
... achieved , utopian authors saw no need for further change . Even Marx deserted his dynamic Hegelian ideology once communism was supposedly achieved . Thus the ideal society would oper- ate indefinitely , like a well - oiled machine ...
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