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... achieved . There are many ways of looking upon the life of Leonardo da Vinci . One may see him as the meticulous painter whose passion for perfection lowered his output of art , as the extraordinary engineer whose inventions and ...
... achieved . There are many ways of looking upon the life of Leonardo da Vinci . One may see him as the meticulous painter whose passion for perfection lowered his output of art , as the extraordinary engineer whose inventions and ...
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... achieved knowledge or technical expertise : each eager to jump with all possible speed to a post of authority , to ... achieving balance and are unattracted by the human reward . What one must give up , in any effort to achieve a many ...
... achieved knowledge or technical expertise : each eager to jump with all possible speed to a post of authority , to ... achieving balance and are unattracted by the human reward . What one must give up , in any effort to achieve a many ...
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... achieved , utopian authors saw no need for further change . Even Marx deserted his dynamic Hegelian ideology once communism was supposedly achieved . Thus the ideal society would oper- ate indefinitely , like a well - oiled machine ...
... achieved , utopian authors saw no need for further change . Even Marx deserted his dynamic Hegelian ideology once communism was supposedly achieved . Thus the ideal society would oper- ate indefinitely , like a well - oiled machine ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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