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... Homo sapiens . In short , if technical proficiency alone were suf- ficient to identify and foster intelligence , man was for long a laggard , com- pared with many other species . The consequences of this perception should be plain ...
... Homo sapiens . In short , if technical proficiency alone were suf- ficient to identify and foster intelligence , man was for long a laggard , com- pared with many other species . The consequences of this perception should be plain ...
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... Homo sapiens nor Homo ludens , but above all Homo faber , man the maker , had taken such firm possession of present - day Western thinkers that even Henri Bergson held it . So certain were nineteenth - century archeologists about the ...
... Homo sapiens nor Homo ludens , but above all Homo faber , man the maker , had taken such firm possession of present - day Western thinkers that even Henri Bergson held it . So certain were nineteenth - century archeologists about the ...
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... Homo ludens , ' 7 Homo sapiens , 5 , 20 , 23 , 25 , 40 , 112 , 123 Homunculus , living , 282 Honey bees , 76 Hormonal promptings , 26 Horn as sexual symbol , [ 4 ] Horse , 135 ' Horse - and - buggy ' age , [ 24 ] Horseless carriages ...
... Homo ludens , ' 7 Homo sapiens , 5 , 20 , 23 , 25 , 40 , 112 , 123 Homunculus , living , 282 Honey bees , 76 Hormonal promptings , 26 Horn as sexual symbol , [ 4 ] Horse , 135 ' Horse - and - buggy ' age , [ 24 ] Horseless carriages ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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