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…of a man whose pluck and audacity were almost fabulous. Strange stories were afloat of how he and those aristos whom he rescued became suddenly invisible as they reached the barricades and escaped out of the gates by sheer supernatural agency. No one had seen…

…in the service contained some kind of mystery which was supposedly known only to the priest but not to the common man. With the Mass still being said in Latin, which only the clergy knew, it was no wonder that this sense of mystery completely separated the church from…

…want. The fourth is freedom from fear."2 Highflown notions to which Aldous Huxley, in 1950, responded: "To talk about the Rights of Man and the Four Freedoms in connection with India is merely a cruel joke."3 These notions, as gushed from Roosevelt's…

…for his own rights. He was guilty of horrible crimes against others. He was arrogant, and he bragged and sang over a megaphone about how he was going to continue to kill babies. This man's killing was illegal and his killer will pay. He had a funeral…

…Jesus was in terms of being a man but he was undoubtedly supernatural in a way that is not human, if the gospels are to be trusted as credible historic sources. Jesus as a historical figure was the most influential being, ever. This by itself is the primary…

…life. In particular Kierkegaard's relations to his mother, his father, and his fiancée Regine Olsen pervade his work. Kierkegaard's relation to his mother is the least frequently commented upon since it is invisible in his work. His mother does not rate…

…the muzzel of the gun should never be pointed towards man nor beast. That is the obvious. But the not so obvious is what could lead to serious injury or even loss of your hunting partner, your dog. Always be aware of your hunting surroundings. Are there roads near…

…to rejoice. How is it I never could?...Every good joy I might have held, in my man or any child of mine, or even the plain light of morning...Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear. I was alone, never anything else, and never free, for I…

…subsystem is that of the children. Invisible boundaries--unspoken rules about who does what with whom--are drawn around each (and around the immediate family itself) so that each subsystem can carry out its family-stabilizing tasks while remaining connected…

…and the Intelligible becomes clear in light of the soul / body duality he accords man in the dialogue Phaedo. Plato divided the world into two classes of entities. He further saw in man two entities that corresponded to and allowed the apprehension of the two classes…