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... existence of our own . During the fetal stage we are not even physically sep- arated from our mothers . In the first few months after birth we remain psychologically unseparated and incapable of distinguishing ourselves from our ...
... existence of our own . During the fetal stage we are not even physically sep- arated from our mothers . In the first few months after birth we remain psychologically unseparated and incapable of distinguishing ourselves from our ...
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... existence to the interests of their country . All this was changed by the spread of Oriental religions which in- culcated the communion of the soul with God and its eternal salvation as the only objects worth living for , objects in ...
... existence to the interests of their country . All this was changed by the spread of Oriental religions which in- culcated the communion of the soul with God and its eternal salvation as the only objects worth living for , objects in ...
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... existence of anything beyond my own ideas ? Could God create a stone too large for Him to move ? It is conceivable that in rare circumstances such questions might take on significance , but on the whole they are intellectual rat holes ...
... existence of anything beyond my own ideas ? Could God create a stone too large for Him to move ? It is conceivable that in rare circumstances such questions might take on significance , but on the whole they are intellectual rat holes ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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