Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... living stren- uously . Considering the momentous impact of death on the average person , one might incline towards " acceptance " rather than challenge or mockery . Considering Donne's nature and his desperate reaction to the chaos of a ...
... living stren- uously . Considering the momentous impact of death on the average person , one might incline towards " acceptance " rather than challenge or mockery . Considering Donne's nature and his desperate reaction to the chaos of a ...
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... living's for . One had a Spaniard's simple dignity ; The other dreaded man's mortality . For me , this peasant in a creed well - born Than skeptic in a world forlorn . So might I standing on a dark'ning shore Glimpse outlines of a world ...
... living's for . One had a Spaniard's simple dignity ; The other dreaded man's mortality . For me , this peasant in a creed well - born Than skeptic in a world forlorn . So might I standing on a dark'ning shore Glimpse outlines of a world ...
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... living prodigally off their depreciating uninvested capital . How long , O Lord , how long ? In spite of such guidelines as the Hippocratic Oath , the tendency of modern urbanized living is to depersonalize , the first step towards ...
... living prodigally off their depreciating uninvested capital . How long , O Lord , how long ? In spite of such guidelines as the Hippocratic Oath , the tendency of modern urbanized living is to depersonalize , the first step towards ...
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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