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... technical indifference or incompetence of the Greeks falls fantastically wide of the truth . Anyone who recalls Cellini's account of the difficulty in the casting of his Perseus , a relatively small figure , will have some insight into ...
... technical indifference or incompetence of the Greeks falls fantastically wide of the truth . Anyone who recalls Cellini's account of the difficulty in the casting of his Perseus , a relatively small figure , will have some insight into ...
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... technical stagna- tion , despite Lynn Thorndike's ample documentation to the contrary . Certainly , then , there was an unexplainable backwardness in more than one province where technical improvement was easily conceivable without any ...
... technical stagna- tion , despite Lynn Thorndike's ample documentation to the contrary . Certainly , then , there was an unexplainable backwardness in more than one province where technical improvement was easily conceivable without any ...
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... Technical backwardness , ancient , 243 Technical development , primeval phase of , 101 ; sources of , 72 Technical feats , primitive , 100 Technical ' periods , ' multi- tude of , 22 Technical progress , an- cient contribution to , 244 ...
... Technical backwardness , ancient , 243 Technical development , primeval phase of , 101 ; sources of , 72 Technical feats , primitive , 100 Technical ' periods , ' multi- tude of , 22 Technical progress , an- cient contribution to , 244 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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