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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... becomes the goal " -the early version of the even shallower notion that " the medium is the message . " Both ideas can , however , be stated in a valid form : the ' going ' does indeed become part of the goal and enlarges it : while the ...
... becomes the goal " -the early version of the even shallower notion that " the medium is the message . " Both ideas can , however , be stated in a valid form : the ' going ' does indeed become part of the goal and enlarges it : while the ...
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... become in- creasingly meaningless as the ' Vocation of Man ' became the focus of all activity . In this respect William Morris ' life was as exemplary as Leo- nardo's . To become a full human being is nothing less than a lifetime's task ...
... become in- creasingly meaningless as the ' Vocation of Man ' became the focus of all activity . In this respect William Morris ' life was as exemplary as Leo- nardo's . To become a full human being is nothing less than a lifetime's task ...
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... become effective , disintegration will , it seems probable , go on with increasing swiftness until no restorative measures are possible . In this case , the forces of anti - life will be in the ascendant , and the actors who seize the ...
... become effective , disintegration will , it seems probable , go on with increasing swiftness until no restorative measures are possible . In this case , the forces of anti - life will be in the ascendant , and the actors who seize the ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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