Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little , or too much ; Chaos of Thought and Passion , all confused ; Still by himself abused , or disabused ...
... Body to prefer ; Born but to die , and reasoning but to err ; Alike in ignorance , his reason such , Whether he thinks too little , or too much ; Chaos of Thought and Passion , all confused ; Still by himself abused , or disabused ...
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... body's members Rebell'd against the belly , thus accused it : That only like a gulf it did remain I ' the midst o ' the body , idle and unactive , Still cupboarding the viand , never bearing Like labour with the rest , where the other ...
... body's members Rebell'd against the belly , thus accused it : That only like a gulf it did remain I ' the midst o ' the body , idle and unactive , Still cupboarding the viand , never bearing Like labour with the rest , where the other ...
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... body which is a work of art of the soul and alive with its new supernatural energy and loveliness ... Memories will ... body's decay constitutes its immortality , an impulse for expanding life and growth derived from its created nature ...
... body which is a work of art of the soul and alive with its new supernatural energy and loveliness ... Memories will ... body's decay constitutes its immortality , an impulse for expanding life and growth derived from its created nature ...
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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