The pentagon of powerHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1970 - 496 pages |
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... absolute cosmic order. In the course of less than a century the sun changed its position in the minds of learned observers: it was no longer a satellite or servant, but the master of human existence. In terms of the new deity all ...
... absolute cosmic order. In the course of less than a century the sun changed its position in the minds of learned observers: it was no longer a satellite or servant, but the master of human existence. In terms of the new deity all ...
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... absolute order established, like Descartes' ideal world, by a single providential mind and will: that of the absolute ruler or monarch. Until men were incorporated into Leviathan, that is, the all-powerful state through which the king's ...
... absolute order established, like Descartes' ideal world, by a single providential mind and will: that of the absolute ruler or monarch. Until men were incorporated into Leviathan, that is, the all-powerful state through which the king's ...
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... Absolute control, magical, 178 Absolute power, misdirection of, 269; need for new symbol of, 243 'Absolute' weapon, fear of, 253 Absolutes, untrustworthiness of, 74 Absolutism, [2]; baroque, 81; Descartes' admiration for, 80; Descartes ...
... Absolute control, magical, 178 Absolute power, misdirection of, 269; need for new symbol of, 243 'Absolute' weapon, fear of, 253 Absolutes, untrustworthiness of, 74 Absolutism, [2]; baroque, 81; Descartes' admiration for, 80; Descartes ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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