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Mentor, 1959. This book presents a study of human intelligence beginning with a semantic theory and leading into a critique of music. Topics include language, sacrament, myth, music, abstraction, fact, and knowledge. Bibliography. References. 248pp. Previous owner’s name on front end page. Clean text. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.
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