The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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Page 93
... accepted the division of the " two cultures . " Although he was prepared to examine all the phenomena of external nature , he did not apply the same method to man's subjective life , where its crudity would have become obvious , but ...
... accepted the division of the " two cultures . " Although he was prepared to examine all the phenomena of external nature , he did not apply the same method to man's subjective life , where its crudity would have become obvious , but ...
Page 118
... accepted it as the exclusive key to truth . Even when he was thinking about the future , Bacon's world was not merely that of the mechanical arts , but one embracing a larger technology , a true polytechnics , that of agriculture ...
... accepted it as the exclusive key to truth . Even when he was thinking about the future , Bacon's world was not merely that of the mechanical arts , but one embracing a larger technology , a true polytechnics , that of agriculture ...
Page 335
... accepted as desirable patterns of human achievement : instead , the Axial religions and philosophies advocated ... acceptance and achievement to replace completely the earlier power systems or to forestall the present one . This for two ...
... accepted as desirable patterns of human achievement : instead , the Axial religions and philosophies advocated ... acceptance and achievement to replace completely the earlier power systems or to forestall the present one . This for two ...
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CONTENTS | 3 |
THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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