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Page 277
... early records , in definite figures , of prisoners captured , animals rounded up , loot taken . Even at that early stage Organization Man can be identified by his concern with quantitative accountancy . Behind every later process of ...
... early records , in definite figures , of prisoners captured , animals rounded up , loot taken . Even at that early stage Organization Man can be identified by his concern with quantitative accountancy . Behind every later process of ...
Page 340
... man's earlier life - and - death efforts is to forget the conditions under which man originally emerged from animalhood , by living a more varied and strenuous life than other animals , for the most part , find necessary . No umbilical ...
... man's earlier life - and - death efforts is to forget the conditions under which man originally emerged from animalhood , by living a more varied and strenuous life than other animals , for the most part , find necessary . No umbilical ...
Page 370
... early dominion over man . What is worse , the pre - human properties of the unconscious now command powerful technological resources they never before had at their disposal . In a culture where only the machine embodies order and ...
... early dominion over man . What is worse , the pre - human properties of the unconscious now command powerful technological resources they never before had at their disposal . In a culture where only the machine embodies order and ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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