Technics and CivilizationHarcourt, Brace, 1934 - 495 pages |
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... mine involves an unflinching assault upon the physical environment : every stage in it is a magnification of power ... miner sees shapes on the walls of his cavern , as the candle flickers , they are only the monstrous distortions of ...
... mine involves an unflinching assault upon the physical environment : every stage in it is a magnification of power ... miner sees shapes on the walls of his cavern , as the candle flickers , they are only the monstrous distortions of ...
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... mine there is nothing to distract the miner : no pretty wench is passing in the field with a basket on her head , whose proud breasts and flanks remind him of his manhood : no rabbit scurries across his path to arouse the hunter in him ...
... mine there is nothing to distract the miner : no pretty wench is passing in the field with a basket on her head , whose proud breasts and flanks remind him of his manhood : no rabbit scurries across his path to arouse the hunter in him ...
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... mine itself , the practices and ideals of the miner . One further effect of this habitual destruction and disorganization must be noted : its psychological reaction on the miner . Perhaps in- evitably he has a low standard of living ...
... mine itself , the practices and ideals of the miner . One further effect of this habitual destruction and disorganization must be noted : its psychological reaction on the miner . Perhaps in- evitably he has a low standard of living ...
Table des matières
Space Distance Movement | 3 |
The Influence of Capitalism | 4 |
From Fable to Fact | 5 |
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