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Page 247
The discovery of sixteen watermills, set on eight symmetrical floors, at Barbegal
near Aries, dating from a.d. 308-316, proves, as Bertrand Gille points out, that
under Diocletian and Constantine a scarcity of slave labor had led to a large-
scale ...
The discovery of sixteen watermills, set on eight symmetrical floors, at Barbegal
near Aries, dating from a.d. 308-316, proves, as Bertrand Gille points out, that
under Diocletian and Constantine a scarcity of slave labor had led to a large-
scale ...
Page 269
The monks sought, as Bertrand Gille has pointed out, to avoid unnecessary labor
in order to have more time and energy available for meditation and prayer; and
possibly their willing immersion in ritual predisposed them to mechanical ...
The monks sought, as Bertrand Gille has pointed out, to avoid unnecessary labor
in order to have more time and energy available for meditation and prayer; and
possibly their willing immersion in ritual predisposed them to mechanical ...
Page 270
technics and human development Lewis Mumford. 3: MACHINES FOR LEISURE
Lest there be any doubt as to the extent to which mechanization entered the
Cistercian monastery, let me quote at length from Bertrand Gille, who in turn
quotes ...
technics and human development Lewis Mumford. 3: MACHINES FOR LEISURE
Lest there be any doubt as to the extent to which mechanization entered the
Cistercian monastery, let me quote at length from Bertrand Gille, who in turn
quotes ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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