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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 243
... destruction through its radical weakness : its failure to achieve distributive justice . Not merely does the money economy , then , over - excite every part of the already expanding power technology , but it makes the continued exten ...
... destruction through its radical weakness : its failure to achieve distributive justice . Not merely does the money economy , then , over - excite every part of the already expanding power technology , but it makes the continued exten ...
Page 364
... destruction . With every fresh increment of megatechnic order and regimentation came a subjective counterblast of rejection and rebellion , To give anything like a detailed description of this subjective deface- ment and destruction ...
... destruction . With every fresh increment of megatechnic order and regimentation came a subjective counterblast of rejection and rebellion , To give anything like a detailed description of this subjective deface- ment and destruction ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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