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Lewis Mumford. or observed human behavior . Either one must count this irrationality as an adaptive mechanism , too - which ... observed in other less social species whose young can shift for them- selves at a much earlier stage . Loving ...
Lewis Mumford. or observed human behavior . Either one must count this irrationality as an adaptive mechanism , too - which ... observed in other less social species whose young can shift for them- selves at a much earlier stage . Loving ...
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... observation antedated neolithic practices ; for grain - gathering Australians , still living under paleo- lithic conditions , were watchful enough in their wanderings to observe that the grain grew better if well - watered , and would ...
... observation antedated neolithic practices ; for grain - gathering Australians , still living under paleo- lithic conditions , were watchful enough in their wanderings to observe that the grain grew better if well - watered , and would ...
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... observation and experimental test . Despite their different origins and their seemingly incompatible aims , the monk , the ... observed that if he were pressed to give a date for the inauguration of capitalism , he would say that the ...
... observation and experimental test . Despite their different origins and their seemingly incompatible aims , the monk , the ... observed that if he were pressed to give a date for the inauguration of capitalism , he would say that the ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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