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... rational side , which frequently threatened his survival . Part of man's development may have taken place as an effort to control and counter- balance the inordinate pre - rational and irrational presentations of his un- conscious ...
... rational side , which frequently threatened his survival . Part of man's development may have taken place as an effort to control and counter- balance the inordinate pre - rational and irrational presentations of his un- conscious ...
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... rational ideals . For power cannot long prevail unless those upon whom it is imposed have reason to respect it and conform to it . Small , seemingly helpless or- ganizations that have an inner coherence and a mind of their own have in ...
... rational ideals . For power cannot long prevail unless those upon whom it is imposed have reason to respect it and conform to it . Small , seemingly helpless or- ganizations that have an inner coherence and a mind of their own have in ...
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... rational order , in which his acute intelligence , with more adequate methods and agents than man had ever possessed before , would bring all natural phenomena under the sway of the human mind . These technical premises seemed so simple ...
... rational order , in which his acute intelligence , with more adequate methods and agents than man had ever possessed before , would bring all natural phenomena under the sway of the human mind . These technical premises seemed so simple ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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