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... subjectively rewarding it seems probable that it provided the groundwork of man's whole development . In brief , the demand for ritual exactitude , the subjective satisfaction in the repeated rite , the security of seeking and receiving ...
... subjectively rewarding it seems probable that it provided the groundwork of man's whole development . In brief , the demand for ritual exactitude , the subjective satisfaction in the repeated rite , the security of seeking and receiving ...
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... subjective experience and ethical standards , self - consciousness is incomplete and self - knowledge and self - control equally so . " The subjective ordering of experience reached a higher stage in language , in its intensification of ...
... subjective experience and ethical standards , self - consciousness is incomplete and self - knowledge and self - control equally so . " The subjective ordering of experience reached a higher stage in language , in its intensification of ...
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Lewis Mumford. So far from being backward , the subjective arts not only produced fresh modes and styles of their own , but in turn stimulated mechanical inven- tion . Thus Hero of Alexandria designed a windmill to work an organ , and ...
Lewis Mumford. So far from being backward , the subjective arts not only produced fresh modes and styles of their own , but in turn stimulated mechanical inven- tion . Thus Hero of Alexandria designed a windmill to work an organ , and ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
THE GIFT OF TONGUES | 72 |
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