Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... once seemed central in the scheme of things is at best peripheral and at worst accidentally negligible . At least , that is a widespread view , if not the only one or the right one . Lyrical outbursts like Pope's or Shakespeare's on the ...
... once seemed central in the scheme of things is at best peripheral and at worst accidentally negligible . At least , that is a widespread view , if not the only one or the right one . Lyrical outbursts like Pope's or Shakespeare's on the ...
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... once a bugaboo and a mixed blessing . While we do lose brain cells ( from childhood on ) , they are being constantly replenished . Rate of replacement slows somewhat with age , but by no means as slowly as once presumed . Moreover , age ...
... once a bugaboo and a mixed blessing . While we do lose brain cells ( from childhood on ) , they are being constantly replenished . Rate of replacement slows somewhat with age , but by no means as slowly as once presumed . Moreover , age ...
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... once - honored deceased whose name , eroded at the base , is already effaced in the minds of a new generation . The star athlete knows this best of all . A household name while hitting over .300 for seasons , a slump overshadows his ...
... once - honored deceased whose name , eroded at the base , is already effaced in the minds of a new generation . The star athlete knows this best of all . A household name while hitting over .300 for seasons , a slump overshadows his ...
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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