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Page 162
... destruction and conquest that enabled small gangs of resolute men to perform acts of both construction and destruction that had hitherto called for tens of thousands of brawny bodies . Not the least notable thing about Leonardo's mind ...
... destruction and conquest that enabled small gangs of resolute men to perform acts of both construction and destruction that had hitherto called for tens of thousands of brawny bodies . Not the least notable thing about Leonardo's mind ...
Page 267
... destruction . The only question the megamachine leaves open is whether this destruction shall be swift or slow : the negative goal is in- corporated in the basic ideological assumptions that govern the system . The artists of the ...
... destruction . The only question the megamachine leaves open is whether this destruction shall be swift or slow : the negative goal is in- corporated in the basic ideological assumptions that govern the system . The artists of the ...
Page 488
... destruction of , 372 ; importance of , 390 ; relegation of , to the unconscious , 391 Pasternak , Boris , 380 Pasteur , Louis , 111 Patent system , 148 Patents , corporate monopoly of , 410 Patholopolis , [ 24 ] Patterns of culture ...
... destruction of , 372 ; importance of , 390 ; relegation of , to the unconscious , 391 Pasternak , Boris , 380 Pasteur , Louis , 111 Patent system , 148 Patents , corporate monopoly of , 410 Patholopolis , [ 24 ] Patterns of culture ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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