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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... ABSOLUTISM Though Descartes was an assiduous scientific experimenter in more than one area , the cartesian method itself was most immediately applicable to ' physical , ' that is to pre - organic ... POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION.
... ABSOLUTISM Though Descartes was an assiduous scientific experimenter in more than one area , the cartesian method itself was most immediately applicable to ' physical , ' that is to pre - organic ... POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION.
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... political absolutism Descartes paved the way for the eventual militarization of both science and technics . Descartes did not perceive that the complex processes and singular events of history and ... POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION.
... political absolutism Descartes paved the way for the eventual militarization of both science and technics . Descartes did not perceive that the complex processes and singular events of history and ... POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION.
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... absolutism must not be forgotten . By accepting the machine as his model , and a single unifying mind as the source of absolute order , Descartes in effect ... political position in two books , ' 98 POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION.
... absolutism must not be forgotten . By accepting the machine as his model , and a single unifying mind as the source of absolute order , Descartes in effect ... political position in two books , ' 98 POLITICAL ABSOLUTISM AND REGIMENTATION.
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