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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... tion , the formative idea , even if widely incarnated , would lose its authority and efficacy ; and indeed it was the weakness of Christianity in extending its moral principles to organized government , its reluctance to come to grips ...
... tion , the formative idea , even if widely incarnated , would lose its authority and efficacy ; and indeed it was the weakness of Christianity in extending its moral principles to organized government , its reluctance to come to grips ...
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... tion of , 183 ; comparison of ancient and modern , 258-259 ; contribution of atom bomb to , 255-256 ; demoraliza- tion of , 251 ; duplication of defects of , 242 , 247 ; economic center of , 324 ; etherialized , 164 , 315 ; expansion of ...
... tion of , 183 ; comparison of ancient and modern , 258-259 ; contribution of atom bomb to , 255-256 ; demoraliza- tion of , 251 ; duplication of defects of , 242 , 247 ; economic center of , 324 ; etherialized , 164 , 315 ; expansion of ...
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... tion of , 108 ; as ' power thought , ' 31 ; as public knowledge , 122 ; as ' useful knowledge , ' 78 , 111 ; Bacon's intuitions of destination of , 109 ; Bacon's original conception of , 110 ; conditioning by , 280 ; debt of , to ...
... tion of , 108 ; as ' power thought , ' 31 ; as public knowledge , 122 ; as ' useful knowledge , ' 78 , 111 ; Bacon's intuitions of destination of , 109 ; Bacon's original conception of , 110 ; conditioning by , 280 ; debt of , to ...
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