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Huston Smith. enlarged version . Nevertheless , I have tried to remain faithful at every point to the directions of the original report which was ap- proved by all ; if there are deviations they have entered where I was not aware of them ...
Huston Smith. enlarged version . Nevertheless , I have tried to remain faithful at every point to the directions of the original report which was ap- proved by all ; if there are deviations they have entered where I was not aware of them ...
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... remain psychologically unseparated and incapable of distinguishing ourselves from our environment . Even when the power to draw this distinction does come , we remain for years so dependent upon our families that we are not practicably ...
... remain psychologically unseparated and incapable of distinguishing ourselves from our environment . Even when the power to draw this distinction does come , we remain for years so dependent upon our families that we are not practicably ...
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... remain -only hopelessness or illusion on the secular side , and the hope of fulfillment " beyond history " or " at ... remains relatively constant , making it about as diffi- cult to save one's soul in one period as in • 144 · The ...
... remain -only hopelessness or illusion on the secular side , and the hope of fulfillment " beyond history " or " at ... remains relatively constant , making it about as diffi- cult to save one's soul in one period as in • 144 · The ...
Contents
PART | 5 |
OBJECTIVITY VERSUS COMMITMENT | 30 |
FREEDOM VERSUS AUTHORITY | 59 |
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