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Page 39
... existence he takes an interest and is opposed to the view that re- sources may always be used in the short run for personal profit or for the immediate benefit of living generations . Conservation derives its tenets from a knowledge of ...
... existence he takes an interest and is opposed to the view that re- sources may always be used in the short run for personal profit or for the immediate benefit of living generations . Conservation derives its tenets from a knowledge of ...
Page 534
... existence , belief in a sig- nificant afterlife has inevitably entailed the idea of the reconstitution of the decomposed corpse and its resurrec- tion to life . In turn , a dualistic conception of human na- ture , which regards the soul ...
... existence , belief in a sig- nificant afterlife has inevitably entailed the idea of the reconstitution of the decomposed corpse and its resurrec- tion to life . In turn , a dualistic conception of human na- ture , which regards the soul ...
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... existence as a publisher's hack , and wrote sermons for missionaries at 50 écus each . At one time he seems to have entertained the idea of taking up an ecclesiastical career , but it is most unlikely that he entered a seminary . Yet ...
... existence as a publisher's hack , and wrote sermons for missionaries at 50 écus each . At one time he seems to have entertained the idea of taking up an ecclesiastical career , but it is most unlikely that he entered a seminary . Yet ...
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