Towards Acceptance: Some Thoughts: Pain, Suffering, Death, and Immortality |
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... question as futile anyway . So you go about what you regard as your business like an ostrich burying its head in the sand . But that reduces your humanity as a thinking animal who will always be haunted by the questions : " Who am I ...
... question as futile anyway . So you go about what you regard as your business like an ostrich burying its head in the sand . But that reduces your humanity as a thinking animal who will always be haunted by the questions : " Who am I ...
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... questions ( class size permitting , of course ) , I found the otherwise excellent dialogue method somewhat weakened by the frequently weighted nature of the question and its expected response . Not even Plato's Socrates , master of the ...
... questions ( class size permitting , of course ) , I found the otherwise excellent dialogue method somewhat weakened by the frequently weighted nature of the question and its expected response . Not even Plato's Socrates , master of the ...
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... question of language . Not a word was spoken . That is , until the ever - polite Japanese floor - walker answered our perplexed question : Why these beautifully dressed children passing by with their parents carried such grotesque dolls ...
... question of language . Not a word was spoken . That is , until the ever - polite Japanese floor - walker answered our perplexed question : Why these beautifully dressed children passing by with their parents carried such grotesque dolls ...
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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