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... death . The candidate emerges reborn as a new being , a state marked by his receipt of a new name . Funeral rites ... death are of essential signifi- cance . For this reason , sacred texts are sometimes read to the dying person to ...
... death . The candidate emerges reborn as a new being , a state marked by his receipt of a new name . Funeral rites ... death are of essential signifi- cance . For this reason , sacred texts are sometimes read to the dying person to ...
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... death Speeches and writings Caesar's. Cinna , a noble who was Marius ' associate in revolution . In 83 Lucius Cornelius Sulla returned to Italy from the East and led the successful counter - revolution of 83-82 ; Sulla then ordered ...
... death Speeches and writings Caesar's. Cinna , a noble who was Marius ' associate in revolution . In 83 Lucius Cornelius Sulla returned to Italy from the East and led the successful counter - revolution of 83-82 ; Sulla then ordered ...
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... death of the body . Descartes pointed out that this notion of substantial form is contradictory . Cartesian dualism presents the mind or soul as a substance existing in itself , independently of matter , and thus explains immortality ...
... death of the body . Descartes pointed out that this notion of substantial form is contradictory . Cartesian dualism presents the mind or soul as a substance existing in itself , independently of matter , and thus explains immortality ...
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