The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning

The Patterning Instinct

A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning

By
Jeremy Lent
Jeremy Lent(Foreword),
Fritjof Capra
Fritjof Capra(Foreword)
2017 • 966 pages

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