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Page 183
... effects of memory and through the further effects of time and fresh events and new purposes on maturation and growth ... effect of furthering spiritual growth and transcendence far more positively than any condition of effortless ease ...
... effects of memory and through the further effects of time and fresh events and new purposes on maturation and growth ... effect of furthering spiritual growth and transcendence far more positively than any condition of effortless ease ...
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Lewis Mumford. effect on the whole . Only within the compass of the person can a total change be effected within the ... effects . The only form of thing that we directly encounter , the only experience that we concretely have , is our ...
Lewis Mumford. effect on the whole . Only within the compass of the person can a total change be effected within the ... effects . The only form of thing that we directly encounter , the only experience that we concretely have , is our ...
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Lewis Mumford. Permanently to effect a change in the faulty function , the physician may have to prescribe a different ... effect of libera- tion will be to find the right measure and tempo for every human activ- ity , and to introduce ...
Lewis Mumford. Permanently to effect a change in the faulty function , the physician may have to prescribe a different ... effect of libera- tion will be to find the right measure and tempo for every human activ- ity , and to introduce ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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