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Art, Science and Man: 2: The Two Functions

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Two talks by W. M. S. Russell on the relationship between art and science, and* the reasons for their divergence in the course of cultural evolution

Art and science have separate functions in a human community: but science has overcome the cultural resistance to progress, and so has left art far behind.
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W. M. S. Russell
Source: Radio Times

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