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... abstract symbolism , analytic dismemberment , were not possible till the flowers had faded and the petals fallen . In ' The Science of Thought ' Müller put his basic intuition in these words : " It was absolutely impossible to grasp and ...
... abstract symbolism , analytic dismemberment , were not possible till the flowers had faded and the petals fallen . In ' The Science of Thought ' Müller put his basic intuition in these words : " It was absolutely impossible to grasp and ...
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... abstract image of a supernatural being foreshadows some of C. S. Lewis's or Olaf Stapledon's fantasies : an exquisite rendering - realistic even as to the vestigial legs — of the Big Brain ! These forms , often termed ' primitive ...
... abstract image of a supernatural being foreshadows some of C. S. Lewis's or Olaf Stapledon's fantasies : an exquisite rendering - realistic even as to the vestigial legs — of the Big Brain ! These forms , often termed ' primitive ...
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... abstract , 39 Three P's , ' Expanding Economy's , ' 279 Three R's , capitalism's need for , 278 Technical ' periods , ' multi- tude of , 22 Technical progress , an- cient contribution to , Throwing stick , 114 Urban revolution , 15 ...
... abstract , 39 Three P's , ' Expanding Economy's , ' 279 Three R's , capitalism's need for , 278 Technical ' periods , ' multi- tude of , 22 Technical progress , an- cient contribution to , Throwing stick , 114 Urban revolution , 15 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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