The Condition of ManHarcourt, Brace & World, 1944 - 467 pages |
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... once before in the disintegrating classic and medieval worlds , the achievement of a new personality , a new attitude toward man and nature and the cosmos , are matters of life and death . We must recapture once more our sense of what ...
... once before in the disintegrating classic and medieval worlds , the achievement of a new personality , a new attitude toward man and nature and the cosmos , are matters of life and death . We must recapture once more our sense of what ...
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Lewis Mumford. hopes once derived from it , those that were once substantial and those that were always delusive , are no longer capable of sustaining fresh efforts . Do not deduce from this condition the conclusion that the ...
Lewis Mumford. hopes once derived from it , those that were once substantial and those that were always delusive , are no longer capable of sustaining fresh efforts . Do not deduce from this condition the conclusion that the ...
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... once we lose our blind faith in the ex- ternal improvements of the machine alone . But the first step is a personal one : a change in direction of interest towards the person . Without that change , no great betterment will take place ...
... once we lose our blind faith in the ex- ternal improvements of the machine alone . But the first step is a personal one : a change in direction of interest towards the person . Without that change , no great betterment will take place ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
PRELUDE TO AN ERA | 17 |
THE PRIMACY OF THE PERSON | 52 |
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