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... human development . I shall suggest that not only was Karl Marx in error in giving the material instruments of production the central place and directive function in human development , but that even the seemingly benign interpretation ...
... human development . I shall suggest that not only was Karl Marx in error in giving the material instruments of production the central place and directive function in human development , but that even the seemingly benign interpretation ...
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... human in tool - making until it was modified by linguistic symbols , esthetic designs , and socially transmitted knowledge . At that point , the human brain , not just the hand , was what made a profound difference ; and that brain ...
... human in tool - making until it was modified by linguistic symbols , esthetic designs , and socially transmitted knowledge . At that point , the human brain , not just the hand , was what made a profound difference ; and that brain ...
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... human experience is the human experience itself , unmediated by words ; and every creature knows in the act of living something about life that will forever escape scientific analysis , even after the scientist has reduced to a chemical ...
... human experience is the human experience itself , unmediated by words ; and every creature knows in the act of living something about life that will forever escape scientific analysis , even after the scientist has reduced to a chemical ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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