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Page 168
... institutional controls and physical compulsions that had never existed before , and these controls rested upon an ideology and a myth which perhaps had their faint begin- nings ... institutions derived from kingship 168 KINGS AS PRIME MOVERS.
... institutional controls and physical compulsions that had never existed before , and these controls rested upon an ideology and a myth which perhaps had their faint begin- nings ... institutions derived from kingship 168 KINGS AS PRIME MOVERS.
Page 186
... institutions that first took form under kingship . Its chief features , constant in varying proportions throughout history , are the centralization of political power , the separation of classes , the lifetime division of labor , the ...
... institutions that first took form under kingship . Its chief features , constant in varying proportions throughout history , are the centralization of political power , the separation of classes , the lifetime division of labor , the ...
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... institution . The chief non - human species that practice war , with organized armies engaging in deadly combat , are certain varieties of ant . Those social insects some sixty million years ago had invented all the major institutions ...
... institution . The chief non - human species that practice war , with organized armies engaging in deadly combat , are certain varieties of ant . Those social insects some sixty million years ago had invented all the major institutions ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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