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... proved illuminating , it was uncertain , and difficult to validate , for different dream interpreters would often attach different values to the same images and plots . In reac- tion against this method , a group of contemporary ...
... proved illuminating , it was uncertain , and difficult to validate , for different dream interpreters would often attach different values to the same images and plots . In reac- tion against this method , a group of contemporary ...
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... proved useful in maintaining some degree of internal balance , some prospect of cre- ativity . The order that was once embodied in the patterns of culture and the structure of the human personality , has been sacrificed to mere tech ...
... proved useful in maintaining some degree of internal balance , some prospect of cre- ativity . The order that was once embodied in the patterns of culture and the structure of the human personality , has been sacrificed to mere tech ...
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... proved itself incompetent to take on such responsibilities . The realization that the physical breakdowns and subjective demorali- zations of Western civilization derive from the same ideological failures is now at last taking hold ...
... proved itself incompetent to take on such responsibilities . The realization that the physical breakdowns and subjective demorali- zations of Western civilization derive from the same ideological failures is now at last taking hold ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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