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... bodies it occupies . But the soul is not identical with the body . Matter ( pudgala ) has the characteristics of touch , taste , smell , and colour . Its essential characteristic is lack of consciousness . The smallest unit of matter is ...
... bodies it occupies . But the soul is not identical with the body . Matter ( pudgala ) has the characteristics of touch , taste , smell , and colour . Its essential characteristic is lack of consciousness . The smallest unit of matter is ...
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... body lack- ing all form . As conceived by Gersonides , this body seems to be similar to primal matter . The problem of human freedom of action and a particu- lar version of the problem of God's knowledge of future contingencies form an ...
... body lack- ing all form . As conceived by Gersonides , this body seems to be similar to primal matter . The problem of human freedom of action and a particu- lar version of the problem of God's knowledge of future contingencies form an ...
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... body . Although this was not en- tirely divorced from the unitary biblical view , nonetheless a functional body - soul dualism was present in such litera- ture . In the Alexandrian version of Hellenistic Judaism the orientation toward ...
... body . Although this was not en- tirely divorced from the unitary biblical view , nonetheless a functional body - soul dualism was present in such litera- ture . In the Alexandrian version of Hellenistic Judaism the orientation toward ...
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