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... later savages , it would have worked against the survival of the groups practicing it , since the human population was extremely sparse and no one would have been safe against his neighbor's hunger . We know , from later evidence , that ...
... later savages , it would have worked against the survival of the groups practicing it , since the human population was extremely sparse and no one would have been safe against his neighbor's hunger . We know , from later evidence , that ...
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... later stage , the herds and flocks . Intermingled with this economy from the beginning was a whole array of ancient magical rituals and religious notions , tightly bound up with many practical achievements . They formed what André ...
... later stage , the herds and flocks . Intermingled with this economy from the beginning was a whole array of ancient magical rituals and religious notions , tightly bound up with many practical achievements . They formed what André ...
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... later , steam was generated to work an organ bellows , long before either force was used to pump out a mine . The reciprocal relation between art and technics was maintained , to their common advantage , through all the ages of small ...
... later , steam was generated to work an organ bellows , long before either force was used to pump out a mine . The reciprocal relation between art and technics was maintained , to their common advantage , through all the ages of small ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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