Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... feel unworthy , that is acceptable as a true relic of humility and could apply to all our characters . But here we are concerned with your human nature which , intrinsically , can never allow us to feel insignificant . " There is a ...
... feel unworthy , that is acceptable as a true relic of humility and could apply to all our characters . But here we are concerned with your human nature which , intrinsically , can never allow us to feel insignificant . " There is a ...
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... feeling like a host , I probably gabbed too warmly , I enjoyed their visit . What amused me most was the straight line of black - suited figures seated stiffly in the high - backed chairs sharply outlined against the white wall . Each ...
... feeling like a host , I probably gabbed too warmly , I enjoyed their visit . What amused me most was the straight line of black - suited figures seated stiffly in the high - backed chairs sharply outlined against the white wall . Each ...
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... feel it . Both feel frustrated by the failure to communicate , an intercommunication vital to the success of both as mutual collaborators . For the doctor it is not just a frequently patent lack of " bedside manner . " For the patient ...
... feel it . Both feel frustrated by the failure to communicate , an intercommunication vital to the success of both as mutual collaborators . For the doctor it is not just a frequently patent lack of " bedside manner . " For the patient ...
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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