The Borzoi College ReaderThis highly regarded, thematic reader for freshman composition offers students an introduction to issues in the arts and sciences. It includes a good balance of classic and contemporary selections from mixed genres and provides a wide range of viewpoints and voices. The readings are supported by introductions to each theme and individual headnotes. |
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... tion of what one reviewer terms " the metaphysics of cinema . " The piece presented below is taken from the fifth chapter of The Cult of Information : The Folklore of Computer and the True Art of Thinking ( 1986 ) . In this book Roszak ...
... tion of what one reviewer terms " the metaphysics of cinema . " The piece presented below is taken from the fifth chapter of The Cult of Information : The Folklore of Computer and the True Art of Thinking ( 1986 ) . In this book Roszak ...
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... tion of space ships on a video screen . This is a further step in what may be an inevitable progression toward breaking down the barriers between central automated programming sources and the innermost recesses of the human soul . This ...
... tion of space ships on a video screen . This is a further step in what may be an inevitable progression toward breaking down the barriers between central automated programming sources and the innermost recesses of the human soul . This ...
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... tion than my treatment , but even my compromise treatment was an important ethical choice . I had decided that the quality of her life was not valuable enough to warrant aggressive medical treatment . Situations like Mrs. Toivonen's are ...
... tion than my treatment , but even my compromise treatment was an important ethical choice . I had decided that the quality of her life was not valuable enough to warrant aggressive medical treatment . Situations like Mrs. Toivonen's are ...
Contents
On Writing | 1 |
Anaïs Nin from The Personal Life Deeply Lived | 12 |
Thinking about Thinking | 19 |
Copyright | |
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