Human Potentialities1958 |
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... become anachronistic , stupid , self - defeating , and profitless ? Such questions are ques- tions relating to the origin of humankind , the nature of its first culture , the development of its many civilizations , the process by which ...
... become anachronistic , stupid , self - defeating , and profitless ? Such questions are ques- tions relating to the origin of humankind , the nature of its first culture , the development of its many civilizations , the process by which ...
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... become hard that it can function as a tree , only when bones have become hard that ani- mals can bear weight and navigate within their habitat , only when customs have become hard that we know where we stand , responding intuitively to ...
... become hard that it can function as a tree , only when bones have become hard that ani- mals can bear weight and navigate within their habitat , only when customs have become hard that we know where we stand , responding intuitively to ...
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... become the common human nature of the future . The principle of emergence means that new conceptual tools are required at each level of integration — or that the data inher- ently and in their own right , require new methods of ...
... become the common human nature of the future . The principle of emergence means that new conceptual tools are required at each level of integration — or that the data inher- ently and in their own right , require new methods of ...
Contents
Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
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