Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... common sense in a being otherwise undistinguished by common sense . Personal awareness is the ul- timate acropolis of this impregnable citadel of self . So smile as you open your valise at " Customs " and say , " Noth- ing to declare ...
... common sense in a being otherwise undistinguished by common sense . Personal awareness is the ul- timate acropolis of this impregnable citadel of self . So smile as you open your valise at " Customs " and say , " Noth- ing to declare ...
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... common- weal responsibilities for failure of specific organs or even a weak- ening immunological system . The most striking characteristic of living organisms remains the collaboration of all the parts , the way in which they bear one ...
... common- weal responsibilities for failure of specific organs or even a weak- ening immunological system . The most striking characteristic of living organisms remains the collaboration of all the parts , the way in which they bear one ...
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... common goal is reunion : of man with self , with fellow , with Na- ture , and with God . Once an organic substratum of pervasive values undergirded the superstructure of Western culture , imbedded in the individual consciousness and ...
... common goal is reunion : of man with self , with fellow , with Na- ture , and with God . Once an organic substratum of pervasive values undergirded the superstructure of Western culture , imbedded in the individual consciousness and ...
Contents
Preface Foreword Poem Sonnet to Death Chapter I The Ferries at Bayhead Death as Natural Transition | 1 |
Last Things First Necessity of a Point of View | 11 |
God on Trial The Problem of Evil | 19 |
Copyright | |
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