The Myth of the Machine: The pentagon of powerHarcourt, Brace & World, 1970 - Technology and civilization |
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Page 90
... mind . The key to all these devices , including the final mechanical clock , is the conception of time and time - keeping : a subjective phenomenon antedating any time - keeping contrivance . That idea of time cannot be located in space ...
... mind . The key to all these devices , including the final mechanical clock , is the conception of time and time - keeping : a subjective phenomenon antedating any time - keeping contrivance . That idea of time cannot be located in space ...
Page 162
... mind , in language , tradition , history , architecture , books , records , the synthesis outlined in Leonardo's life still beckons us , all the more since the Sun God's reign threatens to be termi- nated , not only by human failures ...
... mind , in language , tradition , history , architecture , books , records , the synthesis outlined in Leonardo's life still beckons us , all the more since the Sun God's reign threatens to be termi- nated , not only by human failures ...
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... mind , though always present , may for ' practical purposes ' be disregarded . As Galileo put it , and as the exponents of the power complex agreed , counting and measuring are the attributes of mind that have objective reality ; and ...
... mind , though always present , may for ' practical purposes ' be disregarded . As Galileo put it , and as the exponents of the power complex agreed , counting and measuring are the attributes of mind that have objective reality ; and ...
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THE STORY OF UTOPIAS 1922 | 7 |
THE GOLDEN DAY 1926 | 46 |
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