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... rational system of interpretation . The act itself was rational , and the purpose valid , even though the contents proved otherwise . What Huizinga says of play is basic to man's early expression in ritual : ritual creates order and is ...
... rational system of interpretation . The act itself was rational , and the purpose valid , even though the contents proved otherwise . What Huizinga says of play is basic to man's early expression in ritual : ritual creates order and is ...
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... rational speech , abstract symbolism , analytic dismemberment , were not possible till the flowers had faded and the petals fallen . In ' The Science of Thought ' Müller put his basic intuition in these words : " It was absolutely ...
... rational speech , abstract symbolism , analytic dismemberment , were not possible till the flowers had faded and the petals fallen . In ' The Science of Thought ' Müller put his basic intuition in these words : " It was absolutely ...
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... rational cooperative authority , met that need . Though neolithic agriculture had produced a hitherto unheard of abundance of food , this very affluence bred new anxieties . " Throughout Mesopotamian history , " Frankfort notes , " the ...
... rational cooperative authority , met that need . Though neolithic agriculture had produced a hitherto unheard of abundance of food , this very affluence bred new anxieties . " Throughout Mesopotamian history , " Frankfort notes , " the ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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