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... become clear to almost everyone that the system of numbered editions , revised in a major way only erratically and supplemented by new material only occasionally , could no longer meet the demands of a serious encyclopaedia and its ...
... become clear to almost everyone that the system of numbered editions , revised in a major way only erratically and supplemented by new material only occasionally , could no longer meet the demands of a serious encyclopaedia and its ...
Page 78
... becomes helpless . All control is lost while the surface of the Earth rises and falls in solid waves . Man cannot live in harmony with his environment during an earthquake . It has become clear , however , that he must learn to do so at ...
... becomes helpless . All control is lost while the surface of the Earth rises and falls in solid waves . Man cannot live in harmony with his environment during an earthquake . It has become clear , however , that he must learn to do so at ...
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... become self - conscious " is a distinctive charac- teristic of the human enterprise of knowing . We not only seek to know whatever can be known , but we also , reflexive- ly , turn our knowing back upon itself when we pay attention to ...
... become self - conscious " is a distinctive charac- teristic of the human enterprise of knowing . We not only seek to know whatever can be known , but we also , reflexive- ly , turn our knowing back upon itself when we pay attention to ...
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