Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self

180 Pages·2010·1.474 MB·English

by  Marilynne Robinson

THE TERRY LECTURES
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THE DISPELLING
OF INWARDNESS
FROM THE MOD ERN MYTH
OF THE SELF
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Mind
THE DISPELLING
OF INWARDNESS
FROM THE MODERN MYTH
OF THE SELF
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THE DWIGHT HARRINGTON TERRY FOUNDATION
LECTURESO N RELIGION
IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENCEA ND PHILOSOPHY
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