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... human condition are put to the test . After the ship on which he is sailing founders , Peer commits murder , deliberate and in cold blood ( colder than usual in those icy waters ) : the upturned jolly boat will not float two , as Peer ...
... human condition are put to the test . After the ship on which he is sailing founders , Peer commits murder , deliberate and in cold blood ( colder than usual in those icy waters ) : the upturned jolly boat will not float two , as Peer ...
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... human and dramatic relation- ships , which , though not actually metaphysical , have reverberations which echo the profundities of the sacrifice motif in Greek and Shakes- pearian tragedy : The act of sacrificing another person to ...
... human and dramatic relation- ships , which , though not actually metaphysical , have reverberations which echo the profundities of the sacrifice motif in Greek and Shakes- pearian tragedy : The act of sacrificing another person to ...
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... human condition , about the nature and capacity of the human will , about evil in a non - metaphysical world and whether it can be eradicated . Social Darwinism , as we have seen , appears to be the truth as Haakon Werle perceives it ...
... human condition , about the nature and capacity of the human will , about evil in a non - metaphysical world and whether it can be eradicated . Social Darwinism , as we have seen , appears to be the truth as Haakon Werle perceives it ...
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