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Continuum, 1998. 372pp. A fine hardback in dustcover The author points out how science has vastly enabled humanity to gain its control of outer nature while at the same time has diminished inner vision and moral certainty. He argues that people need to wrest their sense of identity away from the cold, mechanistic, computerized world where they are merely another part of nature to be engineered and manipulated Continuum, 1998 ISBN 0826410707 9780826410702 [GB]

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New York: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd, Date: 1997. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 1997. Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd ISBN 0826410707 9780826410702 [GB]

Bloomsbury Academic, Date: 1998. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1998. Bloomsbury Academic ISBN 0826410707 9780826410702 [US]

New York: Continuum. Very Good/Very Good. Date: 1997. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0826410707 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth with bright gilt titling on spine, No ownership inscription. Frontis portrait plate. 372 pages clean and tight. In his selective survey of the history and development of science, L. Francis Edmunds illustrates how the quest for meaning of Copernicus, Galileo, Newton,-Harvey, Darwin, Einstein and others led to discoveries which now shape our existence and dominate our consciousness. While scientific advancements afforded humanity the ability to control and manipulate outer nature, it greatly diminished our inner perspicacity, moral integrity, and transformed our world view. As Edmunds indicates, "The story of science is contradictory from the start. Its pioneers were people not only of exceptional ability, but of admirable worth. Their sole aim was the advancement of knowledge in service to life. Yet this same science, inspired though it was by selfless motives, has become the instrument for the callous disregard of man, beasts, plants, and the air we breathe. It has released untold greed for power, not only power over things but also over people. In unscrupulous hands, the science of today presents the greatest menace the world has known." Edmunds also reveals how the scientific quests of Chardin, Goethe, and Steiner have introduced innovative concepts which lead us towards a new spiritual ...

New York United States: Continuum. Hardback First edition Quest for Meaning by L. Francis Edmunds.Contents: A Call. Where Are We?; Warning Voices; Whither?; The Copernican Revolution; Galileo's Intervention; Doubt and Dualism; Newton's Triumph; Meaning in Question; Only in Cosmos; The Consequences of Liberating Science; The Abolution of the Absolute; Finding the Circle; The Mechanical Invades the Living; The Impact of Darwinism; Transhumanism; The Non-Man; From Abstract... (Anthroposophy ( We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) . Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Date: 1998. 1998. Continuum ISBN 0826410707 9780826410702 [GB]

Continuum, Date: 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. A clean and tight copy, with a periodic phrase underlined neatly in pencil. 1997. Continuum ISBN 0826410707 9780826410702 [US]

ISBN10: 0826410707, ISBN13: 9780826410702, [publisher: Continuum] Hardcover A clean and tight copy, with a periodic phrase underlined neatly in pencil.
[State College, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1997]