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... absolute conformity and who punished even trivial disobedience . It was the king who alone had the godlike power of ... absolute weapons ' and ' absolute sovereignty ' - the far from innocent hallucinations of the ' Nuclear Age . ' 3 ...
... absolute conformity and who punished even trivial disobedience . It was the king who alone had the godlike power of ... absolute weapons ' and ' absolute sovereignty ' - the far from innocent hallucinations of the ' Nuclear Age . ' 3 ...
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... absolute obedi- ence , the whole further course of civilization might have been different . Along with the desire for eternal life , achieved by material as well as magical agents , kings and their gods nourished other ambitions that ...
... absolute obedi- ence , the whole further course of civilization might have been different . Along with the desire for eternal life , achieved by material as well as magical agents , kings and their gods nourished other ambitions that ...
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... Absolute power , ' human limitations on , 233 Absolute powers , vulner- ability of , 226 ' Absolute sovereignty , ' 198 ' Absolute weapons , ' 198 Abstraction , ' disease of , ' 93 ; primitive's powers of , 105 Abundance , economy of ...
... Absolute power , ' human limitations on , 233 Absolute powers , vulner- ability of , 226 ' Absolute sovereignty , ' 198 ' Absolute weapons , ' 198 Abstraction , ' disease of , ' 93 ; primitive's powers of , 105 Abundance , economy of ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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