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Page 104
... knowledge of the habitat through all its seasonal changes , as well as firmly established knowledge of the proper- ties of plants , insects , small animals , birds , such as can be achieved only by recurrent occupation for generations ...
... knowledge of the habitat through all its seasonal changes , as well as firmly established knowledge of the proper- ties of plants , insects , small animals , birds , such as can be achieved only by recurrent occupation for generations ...
Page 105
... knowledge was intellectually quite detached and had nothing to do with ensuring physical survival . Lévi - Strauss cites an observer of the Penobscot Indians who found that they had the most exact knowledge of reptiles , but except on ...
... knowledge was intellectually quite detached and had nothing to do with ensuring physical survival . Lévi - Strauss cites an observer of the Penobscot Indians who found that they had the most exact knowledge of reptiles , but except on ...
Page 285
... knowledge , particularly of the kind of accurate , abstract knowledge , of mathematical operations and physical events , that had long been the monopoly of a small profes- sional class . The printed book made all knowledge progressively ...
... knowledge , particularly of the kind of accurate , abstract knowledge , of mathematical operations and physical events , that had long been the monopoly of a small profes- sional class . The printed book made all knowledge progressively ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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