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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... mode of exploration was concerned with abstract symbols , rational systems , universal laws , repeatable and predictable events , objective mathematical measurements : it sought to understand , utilize , and control the forces that ...
... mode of exploration was concerned with abstract symbols , rational systems , universal laws , repeatable and predictable events , objective mathematical measurements : it sought to understand , utilize , and control the forces that ...
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... mode of organization was still regarded — and with justice as a hateful symbol of Old World tyranny and oppression , not to be used except in an extremity , when the very existence of the nation was imperilled . Bellamy — and here again ...
... mode of organization was still regarded — and with justice as a hateful symbol of Old World tyranny and oppression , not to be used except in an extremity , when the very existence of the nation was imperilled . Bellamy — and here again ...
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... mode of government would be the equivalent of ' alumni control ' in a university ; and one can hardly imagine a better means of inducing administrative arthritis , if any institution were ever so ill - advised as to install it . But so ...
... mode of government would be the equivalent of ' alumni control ' in a university ; and one can hardly imagine a better means of inducing administrative arthritis , if any institution were ever so ill - advised as to install it . But so ...
Contents
NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
Copyright | |
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