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Page 241
... knowledge as over against the passive and inert forms of the union of the parent deities . From the point of separation , the mythic narrative of the world - parent myths states how different forms of cultural knowledge are brought to ...
... knowledge as over against the passive and inert forms of the union of the parent deities . From the point of separation , the mythic narrative of the world - parent myths states how different forms of cultural knowledge are brought to ...
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... knowledge per se -that is , knowledge about crime and criminals . Their principal aims were to mitigate legal penalties and sub- ject judges to the principle of nulla poena sine lege or " due process of law " and also to reduce the ...
... knowledge per se -that is , knowledge about crime and criminals . Their principal aims were to mitigate legal penalties and sub- ject judges to the principle of nulla poena sine lege or " due process of law " and also to reduce the ...
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... knowledge of absolute age occurs when the se- quence of notable happenings to which dating is related has not been defined absolutely . In geology and in pre- historic archaeology , this situation existed for many de- cades before the ...
... knowledge of absolute age occurs when the se- quence of notable happenings to which dating is related has not been defined absolutely . In geology and in pre- historic archaeology , this situation existed for many de- cades before the ...
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