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Page 118
Perhaps the memorial arts of sculpture and painting which flourished now for the
first time, were deliberate attempts to outwit death. Life departs, but the image
remains and continues to enhance other lives. The greater part of paleolithic art ...
Perhaps the memorial arts of sculpture and painting which flourished now for the
first time, were deliberate attempts to outwit death. Life departs, but the image
remains and continues to enhance other lives. The greater part of paleolithic art ...
Page 120
The difficult physical passage to the painted interior walls, which often
necessitated dangerous crawls, may indicate more than an initiation ordeal. Was
this perhaps a device deliberately chosen by the 61ite, in their selection of the
almost ...
The difficult physical passage to the painted interior walls, which often
necessitated dangerous crawls, may indicate more than an initiation ordeal. Was
this perhaps a device deliberately chosen by the 61ite, in their selection of the
almost ...
Page 121
Even in the cave paintings, I would not be so sure as some interpreters have
been that the paintings of allegedly pregnant animals are, inevitably, only
attempts to ensure by some sympathetic magic large yields of food. This
explanation hardly ...
Even in the cave paintings, I would not be so sure as some interpreters have
been that the paintings of allegedly pregnant animals are, inevitably, only
attempts to ensure by some sympathetic magic large yields of food. This
explanation hardly ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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| Title | The Myth of the Machine: Technics and human development Volume 1 of The Myth of the Machine, Lewis Mumford The Myth of the Machine; Technics and Human Development, Lewis Mumford |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | › Technology & Engineering / Social Aspects Technology and civilization |
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