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... earlier practiced the Magdalenian art of cave painting . Apart from the differences in climatic conditions and human stature , these people were far closer to their remote ancestral cultures than they were to contemporary European man ...
... earlier practiced the Magdalenian art of cave painting . Apart from the differences in climatic conditions and human stature , these people were far closer to their remote ancestral cultures than they were to contemporary European man ...
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... earlier , it shows that the division of labor and specializa- tion of functions necessary for efficient mechanical operation had already taken place . This development had begun at least three dynasties earlier : not by accident with ...
... earlier , it shows that the division of labor and specializa- tion of functions necessary for efficient mechanical operation had already taken place . This development had begun at least three dynasties earlier : not by accident with ...
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... earlier forms of power - magic . This power drive , which was the mark of the sky - oriented religions , be- came in turn an end in itself . Within the span of early ' civilization , ' 3000 to 600 B.C. , the formative impulse to ...
... earlier forms of power - magic . This power drive , which was the mark of the sky - oriented religions , be- came in turn an end in itself . Within the span of early ' civilization , ' 3000 to 600 B.C. , the formative impulse to ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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