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The mind , or soul , or reason , we are told by evolutionists , evolved as the servant of the body , as the most efficient tool thus far developed by any animal in its struggle to exist . From the secularist - evolutionary point of view ...
The mind , or soul , or reason , we are told by evolutionists , evolved as the servant of the body , as the most efficient tool thus far developed by any animal in its struggle to exist . From the secularist - evolutionary point of view ...
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From the secular point of view , one can make out a good case for the proposition that the appearance of mind has been a misfortune to its possessor . Instead of limiting itself to the task of serving the body , the mind has become self ...
From the secular point of view , one can make out a good case for the proposition that the appearance of mind has been a misfortune to its possessor . Instead of limiting itself to the task of serving the body , the mind has become self ...
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He who exercises his reason and cultivates it seems to be both in the best state of mind and most dear to the gods . For if the gods have any care of human affairs as they are thought to have , it would be reasonable both that they ...
He who exercises his reason and cultivates it seems to be both in the best state of mind and most dear to the gods . For if the gods have any care of human affairs as they are thought to have , it would be reasonable both that they ...
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| Title | The Ethical in the Jewish and American Heritage Volume 4 of Moreshet series : studies in Jewish history, literature and thought Volume 4 of Moreshet series |
| Author | Simon Greenberg |
| Publisher | Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1977 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| ISBN | 0873340027, 9780873340021 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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