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... continued expansion of science and technology , as if they alone magically would provide the only means of human salvation . Since our present over - commitment to technics is in part due to a radical mis- interpretation of the whole ...
... continued expansion of science and technology , as if they alone magically would provide the only means of human salvation . Since our present over - commitment to technics is in part due to a radical mis- interpretation of the whole ...
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... continued to range abroad in search of game or fish . Daryll Forde points out that among surviving peoples living under much the same conditions " patches on which wild yams grew abundantly were protected , partially cleared , and ...
... continued to range abroad in search of game or fish . Daryll Forde points out that among surviving peoples living under much the same conditions " patches on which wild yams grew abundantly were protected , partially cleared , and ...
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... continued to be the model for every civilized society , long after the building of these geometric tombs ceased to be fashionable . At the top stood a minority , swollen by pride and power , headed by the king and his supporting ...
... continued to be the model for every civilized society , long after the building of these geometric tombs ceased to be fashionable . At the top stood a minority , swollen by pride and power , headed by the king and his supporting ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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