Timothy Walker · 1831
Defence of Mechanical Philosophy
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Can reliance on machinery become a form of idolatry?No. mechanism serves the mind, it is not a false faith. Reply to Carlyle's 'Signs of the Times' defending mechanical invention as freeing people from drudgery for higher pursuits.
Web search: North American Review 33, no. 72 (July 1831): 122–136 (JSTOR 25102907). Full text not opened; argument summarised from catalogue descriptions.