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... affirm himself and his world despite the threats of guilt , meaninglessness , and death that are inherent in life itself . Since the cosmic power , Being - itself , continually maintains itself against non- Being , he concludes that the ...
... affirm himself and his world despite the threats of guilt , meaninglessness , and death that are inherent in life itself . Since the cosmic power , Being - itself , continually maintains itself against non- Being , he concludes that the ...
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... affirm himself as an individual and seeks to affirm himself solely as a part , illuminates the tendency to create , in one form or another , what we have called a garrison culture . It is the tendency to identify with some collectivity ...
... affirm himself as an individual and seeks to affirm himself solely as a part , illuminates the tendency to create , in one form or another , what we have called a garrison culture . It is the tendency to identify with some collectivity ...
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... affirm itself dynamically . " 49 And that affirmation can only be made through individual beings in all their uniqueness . It is on this point that Birney ends his " Damna- tion of Vancouver . " Ultimately Birney's defiance becomes less ...
... affirm itself dynamically . " 49 And that affirmation can only be made through individual beings in all their uniqueness . It is on this point that Birney ends his " Damna- tion of Vancouver . " Ultimately Birney's defiance becomes less ...
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The Sleeping Giant | 13 |
Eve in Dejection | 33 |
The Dictatorship of Mind | 56 |
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