Death and the Serpent: Immortality in Science Fiction and FantasyCarl B. Yoke, Donald M. Hassler |
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... sense good : it is the creative potency , the unleashed power , without which nothing would be . But in another sense it is bad : it must be transcended for the gods of men to exist . So chaos may be perceived as a monster , a Leviathan ...
... sense good : it is the creative potency , the unleashed power , without which nothing would be . But in another sense it is bad : it must be transcended for the gods of men to exist . So chaos may be perceived as a monster , a Leviathan ...
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... sense , the immortality comes into play only after the mortal phase is terminated . The truth of such a concept is not at issue here ; the lack of hard evidence in its favor is offset by the logical impossibility of disproving it . What ...
... sense , the immortality comes into play only after the mortal phase is terminated . The truth of such a concept is not at issue here ; the lack of hard evidence in its favor is offset by the logical impossibility of disproving it . What ...
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... sense of being " between two worlds , one dead , / The other powerless to be born . " 19 18 ,, 20 During the final advance , " Paul one day perceived in a field by the road the mare and unborn foal whose image had so long haunted him ...
... sense of being " between two worlds , one dead , / The other powerless to be born . " 19 18 ,, 20 During the final advance , " Paul one day perceived in a field by the road the mare and unborn foal whose image had so long haunted him ...
Contents
Is There Life After Immortality? | 19 |
A Recent Idea | 39 |
The Elves of J R R Tolkien and Sylvia | 57 |
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