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... religion has been operative not only on the empirical plane ( which matters little ) but also on the psychological plane . A religion like Christianity is built up largely of unconscious symbols : it finds its most powerful forces in ...
... religion has been operative not only on the empirical plane ( which matters little ) but also on the psychological plane . A religion like Christianity is built up largely of unconscious symbols : it finds its most powerful forces in ...
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... religion , to love our enemies , better observed , so long shall I doubt whether those are Christians who profess themselves such . . . . From that bad beginning he never returned ; but his interest in religion grew steadily deeper . He ...
... religion , to love our enemies , better observed , so long shall I doubt whether those are Christians who profess themselves such . . . . From that bad beginning he never returned ; but his interest in religion grew steadily deeper . He ...
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... religion — can- not be and has not been surpassed . But , in the first place , that life- conception was not the life - conception of Tolstoy's own version of Christianity : his Christianity was shaped according to the pattern of his ...
... religion — can- not be and has not been surpassed . But , in the first place , that life- conception was not the life - conception of Tolstoy's own version of Christianity : his Christianity was shaped according to the pattern of his ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM | 1 |
POETRY AND PROSE ΙΟ | 10 |
STENDHAL | 25 |
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