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... civilization , even if our idea of civilization is focused upon science . We are used to think of our civilization as western , we continually oppose our western ways to the eastern ways , and we have some- times the impression that the ...
... civilization , even if our idea of civilization is focused upon science . We are used to think of our civilization as western , we continually oppose our western ways to the eastern ways , and we have some- times the impression that the ...
Page 81
... civilization , that of Iran . I did not speak of it before because it is difficult to state its earlier contributions with sufficient brevity and more difficult , if not impossible , to date them . For the purpose of a sketch like this ...
... civilization , that of Iran . I did not speak of it before because it is difficult to state its earlier contributions with sufficient brevity and more difficult , if not impossible , to date them . For the purpose of a sketch like this ...
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... civilization , are not likely to be scien- tists . Most of them have neither knowledge nor un- derstanding of science ; that is , they do not in the least deserve the superiority of which they boast so much and which their incoherent ...
... civilization , are not likely to be scien- tists . Most of them have neither knowledge nor un- derstanding of science ; that is , they do not in the least deserve the superiority of which they boast so much and which their incoherent ...
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