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... observer of life as a whole . Thus does a map , yielding a superficial knowledge of geography , add to the traveler's enjoyment even though he him- self could not survey the ground and draw the map . This failure to distinguish the ...
... observer of life as a whole . Thus does a map , yielding a superficial knowledge of geography , add to the traveler's enjoyment even though he him- self could not survey the ground and draw the map . This failure to distinguish the ...
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... observer of Nature ( in the sense of living nature ) , for the apparent concession to man as observer is nullified by the abstractness of the entities discussed . The mind moves away from the world — as it does also in modern art ...
... observer of Nature ( in the sense of living nature ) , for the apparent concession to man as observer is nullified by the abstractness of the entities discussed . The mind moves away from the world — as it does also in modern art ...
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... observer of an action . The observer cannot also be an actor , for the action or process is all there is in the situation being observed . Hence it becomes sinful to agree with the philosopher from whom I borrow the convenient ...
... observer of an action . The observer cannot also be an actor , for the action or process is all there is in the situation being observed . Hence it becomes sinful to agree with the philosopher from whom I borrow the convenient ...
Contents
To the Reader I | 1 |
One Culture Not Two | 9 |
Love and Hatred of the Machine | 31 |
Copyright | |
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