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... Leonardo had at least a glimpse of what was missing from the mechan- ical world picture . He knew that the man he ... Leonardo's talents , as happens to so many of the best scientists and technicians today , were at war with his ...
... Leonardo had at least a glimpse of what was missing from the mechan- ical world picture . He knew that the man he ... Leonardo's talents , as happens to so many of the best scientists and technicians today , were at war with his ...
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... Leonardo's contemporary , Nos- tradamus , may easily be dismissed : but Leonardo himself committed to paper even more remarkable forebodings of the world that science and mechanization would eventually bring into existence . In his ...
... Leonardo's contemporary , Nos- tradamus , may easily be dismissed : but Leonardo himself committed to paper even more remarkable forebodings of the world that science and mechanization would eventually bring into existence . In his ...
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... Leonardo's credit , he realized in advance - almost five centuries in ad- vance the implications of these terrible dreams . He foresaw what total power would become in the hands of unawakened and unregenerate men , as clearly as Henry ...
... Leonardo's credit , he realized in advance - almost five centuries in ad- vance the implications of these terrible dreams . He foresaw what total power would become in the hands of unawakened and unregenerate men , as clearly as Henry ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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