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Page 108
... less revolutionary , no less effective , because from the standpoint of the scientific method it was , by overcompensation , too one - sided . Bacon's very over - emphasis on the collective apparatus of science , his close concern for ...
... less revolutionary , no less effective , because from the standpoint of the scientific method it was , by overcompensation , too one - sided . Bacon's very over - emphasis on the collective apparatus of science , his close concern for ...
Page 181
... less and less is in the end simply to know less and less . As a means for creating an orderly and intelligible world , the automa- tion of knowledge has already come close to total bankruptcy ; and the current revolt of the university ...
... less and less is in the end simply to know less and less . As a means for creating an orderly and intelligible world , the automa- tion of knowledge has already come close to total bankruptcy ; and the current revolt of the university ...
Page 295
... less given support to purely physical assaults on books , as well as a chronic indifference to their contents ... less trivial or a less parochial personality . " I suggested moreover that the maintenance of distance both in time and ...
... less given support to purely physical assaults on books , as well as a chronic indifference to their contents ... less trivial or a less parochial personality . " I suggested moreover that the maintenance of distance both in time 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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