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Page 119
... hunter , it was because in the very performance of it he acquired both the insight and the skill necessary to carry out his task successfully . The kind of graphic line achieved in the paintings of the bisons of Altamira or the deer of ...
... hunter , it was because in the very performance of it he acquired both the insight and the skill necessary to carry out his task successfully . The kind of graphic line achieved in the paintings of the bisons of Altamira or the deer of ...
Page 131
... hunter still performed a neces- sary function , for nowhere can crops be successfully cultivated or domestic cattle be kept safe , without trappers and hunters keeping down both the predators and the mischievous crop eaters , like the ...
... hunter still performed a neces- sary function , for nowhere can crops be successfully cultivated or domestic cattle be kept safe , without trappers and hunters keeping down both the predators and the mischievous crop eaters , like the ...
Page 169
... hunter's weapons that backed up his commands , whether rational or irrational , with the ultimate authority of armed force : above all , the readiness to kill . This original connection between kingship and hunting has remained visible ...
... hunter's weapons that backed up his commands , whether rational or irrational , with the ultimate authority of armed force : above all , the readiness to kill . This original connection between kingship and hunting has remained visible ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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