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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... invention of invention . " Purely theoretic and experimental discoveries repeatedly sug- gest outlets and applications that could not even have been conceived until the scientific work itself was done . In the past , certain branches of ...
... invention of invention . " Purely theoretic and experimental discoveries repeatedly sug- gest outlets and applications that could not even have been conceived until the scientific work itself was done . In the past , certain branches of ...
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... invention of writing , has ever been at the disposal of a single mind : even an Aristotle , an Ibn Khaldun , or a Thomas Aquinas must necessarily have left out large tracts of human experience . Despite his wide range of interests ...
... invention of writing , has ever been at the disposal of a single mind : even an Aristotle , an Ibn Khaldun , or a Thomas Aquinas must necessarily have left out large tracts of human experience . Despite his wide range of interests ...
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... invention , society heretofore was secured by a heavy crust of habit , custom and traditional wisdom , supplemented by natural mental sluggishness . The probing and testing of an invention gave time , not only to overcome its internal ...
... invention , society heretofore was secured by a heavy crust of habit , custom and traditional wisdom , supplemented by natural mental sluggishness . The probing and testing of an invention gave time , not only to overcome its internal ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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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