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... beginning was the word ? No : in the beginning , as Goethe saw , was the act : meaningful behavior anticipated meaningful speech , and made it possible . But the only kind of act that could acquire a fresh meaning was one that was ...
... beginning was the word ? No : in the beginning , as Goethe saw , was the act : meaningful behavior anticipated meaningful speech , and made it possible . But the only kind of act that could acquire a fresh meaning was one that was ...
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... beginning , one must infer , a special quality : they had to do with that which was sacred . By ' sacred ' I mean set apart from pressures of mere self - maintenance and self - preservation by reason of an important con- nection between ...
... beginning , one must infer , a special quality : they had to do with that which was sacred . By ' sacred ' I mean set apart from pressures of mere self - maintenance and self - preservation by reason of an important con- nection between ...
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... beginning of the vegetative season , in many widely scattered regions of the earth , is an historically attested fact . And though this practice was gradually shifted to animals , fruits or plants with the oncoming of civiliza- tion ...
... beginning of the vegetative season , in many widely scattered regions of the earth , is an historically attested fact . And though this practice was gradually shifted to animals , fruits or plants with the oncoming of civiliza- tion ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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