Human Potentialities1958 |
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... understanding may begin to move . In this endeavor to show that culture can be overthrown , to- day's thinkers are certainly very small Davids contending with very large Goliaths , and it must be remembered that only rarely does a David ...
... understanding may begin to move . In this endeavor to show that culture can be overthrown , to- day's thinkers are certainly very small Davids contending with very large Goliaths , and it must be remembered that only rarely does a David ...
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... understanding of the physical world - through astronomy , for example . Or it may move toward a greater understanding of man — through social psy- chology , for example . Or it may aim at a greater understanding of the immediate ...
... understanding of the physical world - through astronomy , for example . Or it may move toward a greater understanding of man — through social psy- chology , for example . Or it may aim at a greater understanding of the immediate ...
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... understanding , for the cultiva- tion of all those cultural inventions , such as schools , universities , books , magazines and newspapers , and radio and television pro- grams , which will strengthen humanity's desire to grasp where it ...
... understanding , for the cultiva- tion of all those cultural inventions , such as schools , universities , books , magazines and newspapers , and radio and television pro- grams , which will strengthen humanity's desire to grasp where it ...
Contents
Our Twentiethcentury Vantage Point | 3 |
The Invention of Culture | 47 |
How We Come to Want What We Want | 60 |
Copyright | |
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