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Page 124
... once the begin- nings of language were made , it was surely in endless conversations and story - tellings around the fire that he perfected the vehicle of speech . This ancient art charmingly surprised that sympathetic proto ...
... once the begin- nings of language were made , it was surely in endless conversations and story - tellings around the fire that he perfected the vehicle of speech . This ancient art charmingly surprised that sympathetic proto ...
Page 190
... once conceived , this new mechanism spread rapidly , not just by being imitated in self - defense , but by being forcefully imposed by kings acting as only gods or the anointed representatives of the gods could act . Wherever it was ...
... once conceived , this new mechanism spread rapidly , not just by being imitated in self - defense , but by being forcefully imposed by kings acting as only gods or the anointed representatives of the gods could act . Wherever it was ...
Page 273
... once more democratized the making of images ; while in one department after another the sort of material goods that had once been restricted to a small caste were now becoming available to a larger population : indeed , the power ...
... once more democratized the making of images ; while in one department after another the sort of material goods that had once been restricted to a small caste were now becoming available to a larger population : indeed , the power ...
Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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