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... society. Two years later they received a royal charter from Charles II. The earlier Accademia dei Lynxei, founded in Florence in 1603, may have given Bacon his germinal idea, since he was invited to become a member. But in 1630 that ...
... society. Two years later they received a royal charter from Charles II. The earlier Accademia dei Lynxei, founded in Florence in 1603, may have given Bacon his germinal idea, since he was invited to become a member. But in 1630 that ...
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... society, less 'perfect,' and more free." Once again, it is not the failures of mechanization, but its achievement of an effortless perfectionism that is in question; and this makes it all the more imperative to look closely at the ...
... society, less 'perfect,' and more free." Once again, it is not the failures of mechanization, but its achievement of an effortless perfectionism that is in question; and this makes it all the more imperative to look closely at the ...
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... society for the prevention of change? Hence the path of etherialization, so far from beginning with a new idea, starts at just the opposite end by attacking the visible structures and organizations which, so long as they remain in good ...
... society for the prevention of change? Hence the path of etherialization, so far from beginning with a new idea, starts at just the opposite end by attacking the visible structures and organizations which, so long as they remain in good ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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