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Page 63
... human cultures , as a whole series of observers , from Immanuel Kant to Benjamin ... human beings move about in with some con- fidence is not Galileo's ' objective ' world of primary qualities but the organic world as modified by human ...
... human cultures , as a whole series of observers , from Immanuel Kant to Benjamin ... human beings move about in with some con- fidence is not Galileo's ' objective ' world of primary qualities but the organic world as modified by human ...
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... human organism - indeed , shared with many other species - for ritualizing behavior and finding satisfaction in a repetitive order that establishes a human ... culture , what one is left with is their common mechanical skeleton and muscle ...
... human organism - indeed , shared with many other species - for ritualizing behavior and finding satisfaction in a repetitive order that establishes a human ... culture , what one is left with is their common mechanical skeleton and muscle ...
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... human culture , man has been able to build up a firm inner structure of meaning and an orderly , internally consistent routine of life . While habit and custom have notoriously tended to curb inventiveness and resist even beneficent ...
... human culture , man has been able to build up a firm inner structure of meaning and an orderly , internally consistent routine of life . While habit and custom have notoriously tended to curb inventiveness and resist even beneficent ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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