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... contemporary Pascal . Descartes had merely restated this convic- tion , which most seventeenth - century intelligences shared and regarded as axiomatic : namely , that thinking is man's most important activity . But this itself is open ...
... contemporary Pascal . Descartes had merely restated this convic- tion , which most seventeenth - century intelligences shared and regarded as axiomatic : namely , that thinking is man's most important activity . But this itself is open ...
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... contemporary significance . The Six - Cornered Snowflake . Colin Hardie , editor and translator . With essays by L. L. Whyte and B. J. F. Mason . Oxford : 1966 . A fascinating work , long neglected . Opens up an area in science ...
... contemporary significance . The Six - Cornered Snowflake . Colin Hardie , editor and translator . With essays by L. L. Whyte and B. J. F. Mason . Oxford : 1966 . A fascinating work , long neglected . Opens up an area in science ...
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... contemporary , 431 Moral evaluation , automation's resistance to , 184 Moral standards , abandonment of , by civilized nations , 233 Moral values , disruption of , 370 Morality , basic , 352 More , Thomas , 209 Morgan , Arthur , 209 ...
... contemporary , 431 Moral evaluation , automation's resistance to , 184 Moral standards , abandonment of , by civilized nations , 233 Moral values , disruption of , 370 Morality , basic , 352 More , Thomas , 209 Morgan , Arthur , 209 ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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