H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 93
... called science . He detected the tell - tale signs of a possible intellectual harden- ing of the arteries in the scientific world . By the 1940's science was becoming too highly specialized and institution- alized . It might be losing ...
... called science . He detected the tell - tale signs of a possible intellectual harden- ing of the arteries in the scientific world . By the 1940's science was becoming too highly specialized and institution- alized . It might be losing ...
Page 98
... called " constructive sociology , " analysis and observation had to be creatively joined with the free exercise of imagination , moral feeling , and the aesthetic sense.89 Science could tell men the best way to achieve certain specified ...
... called " constructive sociology , " analysis and observation had to be creatively joined with the free exercise of imagination , moral feeling , and the aesthetic sense.89 Science could tell men the best way to achieve certain specified ...
Page 127
... called the " real world , " the world as it was , in all its variety and immensity , with all its opportunity for progressive change , and all its susceptibility to break- down and collapse . Wells ' most carefully worked - out ...
... called the " real world , " the world as it was , in all its variety and immensity , with all its opportunity for progressive change , and all its susceptibility to break- down and collapse . Wells ' most carefully worked - out ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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