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... purposes quite different from those they had originally served . Probably the first major displacement was the transformation of the quadruped's fore - limbs from specialized organs of locomotion to all - purpose tools for climbing ...
... purposes quite different from those they had originally served . Probably the first major displacement was the transformation of the quadruped's fore - limbs from specialized organs of locomotion to all - purpose tools for climbing ...
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... purpose of language , our generation tends to begin at the wrong end : we take its most precious specialized ... purposes of intelligent communication . The very qualities in language that offend the logical positivists - its vagueness ...
... purpose of language , our generation tends to begin at the wrong end : we take its most precious specialized ... purposes of intelligent communication . The very qualities in language that offend the logical positivists - its vagueness ...
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... purpose . Com- munities never exert themselves to the utmost , still less curtail the in- dividual life , except for what they regard as a great religious end . Only prostration before the mysterium tremendum , some manifestation of god ...
... purpose . Com- munities never exert themselves to the utmost , still less curtail the in- dividual life , except for what they regard as a great religious end . Only prostration before the mysterium tremendum , some manifestation of god ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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