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... scientific tradition in the nineteenth century was whatever the individual practices of some scientists - ration- alist , utilitarian , and definitely skeptical about the value of any set of beliefs that tacitly denied science's own ...
... scientific tradition in the nineteenth century was whatever the individual practices of some scientists - ration- alist , utilitarian , and definitely skeptical about the value of any set of beliefs that tacitly denied science's own ...
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... scientific language approach closely the style of a secret ritual formula , jealously guarded from the uninitiated ? This magical component has never been expelled from language ; and like ritual itself it may long have been a retarding ...
... scientific language approach closely the style of a secret ritual formula , jealously guarded from the uninitiated ? This magical component has never been expelled from language ; and like ritual itself it may long have been a retarding ...
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... scientific determinism not less than mechanical regimentation had their inception in the institution of divine kingship . Long before the Ionian scientists of the sixth century B.C. the fundamental mathematical and scientific ...
... scientific determinism not less than mechanical regimentation had their inception in the institution of divine kingship . Long before the Ionian scientists of the sixth century B.C. the fundamental mathematical and scientific ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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