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“What was it like to live amidst such machines, to be familiar with them, to have them shape one's earliest intuitions about machinery: how it works, what it does, how it compares to living creatures?”

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Book:The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick

Source: The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick

“If one focuses too much on the superficial appearances of life and loses touch with the underlying principles and figures, life will increasingly be experienced as a meaningless chaos, just like Lorenz's waterwheel.”

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Book:The Psychology of Totalitarianism

Source: The Psychology of Totalitarianism

“Der kluge Idealismus steht dem klugen Materialismus näher als der dumme Materialismus.”

Materialism Idealism Mechanistic Ernst Bloch

Book:Philosophical Notebooks

Source: Philosophical Notebooks