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... magic and religion . Magic , verbal coercion , establishment or management by decree , says , in effect : " Let there be ' - and there was . " And men share in the magical resources of some power by speaking “ in the name of " that ...
... magic and religion . Magic , verbal coercion , establishment or management by decree , says , in effect : " Let there be ' - and there was . " And men share in the magical resources of some power by speaking “ in the name of " that ...
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... magic , in this sense , would involve us in the elimination of vocabulary itself as a way of sizing up reality . Rather , what we may need is correct magic , magic whose decrees about the naming of real situations is the closest ...
... magic , in this sense , would involve us in the elimination of vocabulary itself as a way of sizing up reality . Rather , what we may need is correct magic , magic whose decrees about the naming of real situations is the closest ...
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Kenneth Burke Stanley Edgar Hyman. " regimentation ” magic or the " planned economy " magic is a close enough approximate for the naming of the situation in which we now are . The " regimentation " magic is on its face by far the worse ...
Kenneth Burke Stanley Edgar Hyman. " regimentation ” magic or the " planned economy " magic is a close enough approximate for the naming of the situation in which we now are . The " regimentation " magic is on its face by far the worse ...
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The Excursion | 17 |
The Poetic Process | 34 |
From Preface to CounterStatement first edition | 50 |
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