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Page 86
... existence of beings or forces which surpassed their own perceived puny ability to forever forestall the coming of that grim reaper , Death . Feuerbach and Freud , among many others , have offered interesting arguments on the origins of ...
... existence of beings or forces which surpassed their own perceived puny ability to forever forestall the coming of that grim reaper , Death . Feuerbach and Freud , among many others , have offered interesting arguments on the origins of ...
Page 89
... existence of an order of being greater than itself , and in a life after physical death . Human beings are linked in a phylogenetic continuum with all organic existence and as such experience fear . Our unique biolog- ical apparatus ...
... existence of an order of being greater than itself , and in a life after physical death . Human beings are linked in a phylogenetic continuum with all organic existence and as such experience fear . Our unique biolog- ical apparatus ...
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... existence and as such tell us nothing about the quality or substance of life the " good life " of the poets and ... existence , that we seek to extend that existence , and that we recognize its inevitable end , that we mediate our ...
... existence and as such tell us nothing about the quality or substance of life the " good life " of the poets and ... existence , that we seek to extend that existence , and that we recognize its inevitable end , that we mediate our ...
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The Query and the Quest | 5 |
The Philosophers Stone | 15 |
In Search of the Beast | 31 |
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