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... physical survival . The dominant human trait , central to all other traits , is this capacity for conscious , purposeful self - identifica- tion , self - transformation , and ultimately for self - understanding . Every manifestation of ...
... physical survival . The dominant human trait , central to all other traits , is this capacity for conscious , purposeful self - identifica- tion , self - transformation , and ultimately for self - understanding . Every manifestation of ...
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... physical agents and events do not become music until a human ear hears the sounds and a human mind interprets them . For that final purposeful act , the whole apparatus , physical and neural , is indispensable : yet the most minute ...
... physical agents and events do not become music until a human ear hears the sounds and a human mind interprets them . For that final purposeful act , the whole apparatus , physical and neural , is indispensable : yet the most minute ...
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... Physical models , 44 Physical organs , recon- struction of , 6 Physical power , coercive , 173 Physical surroundings , traditional , 106 Physical universe , dumb- ness of , 31 Pickaxe , 137 ; Sumerian verse about , 223 Pig , 133 , 134 ...
... Physical models , 44 Physical organs , recon- struction of , 6 Physical power , coercive , 173 Physical surroundings , traditional , 106 Physical universe , dumb- ness of , 31 Pickaxe , 137 ; Sumerian verse about , 223 Pig , 133 , 134 ...
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PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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