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PART I Exploring the Humanities |
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1 | (98) |
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2 | (28) |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (9) |
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5 | (3) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Apollonian and Dionysian Responses to the Humanities |
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13 | (8) |
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The Pleasure of Responding Emotionally |
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14 | (2) |
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The Pleasure of Responding Critically |
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16 | (5) |
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A Guide to Critical Viewing: Professional and Personal |
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21 | (6) |
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How the Professional Critic Responds |
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21 | (4) |
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The Personal Critical Response |
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25 | (2) |
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Becoming an ``Infinite'' Person |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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29 | (1) |
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Myth and the Origin of the Humanities |
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30 | (36) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (14) |
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34 | (5) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (7) |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (2) |
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54 | (3) |
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55 | (1) |
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The Importance of Being Attractive and Rich |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (4) |
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57 | (4) |
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How Myths Influence the Humanities |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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65 | (1) |
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Struggles of the Humanities |
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66 | (33) |
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67 | (2) |
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How Some Artists Fared in Their Lifetimes |
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69 | (3) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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72 | (11) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (2) |
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79 | (2) |
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81 | (2) |
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Repressive Measures Taken Against Artists |
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83 | (5) |
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Suppression of ``Degenerate'' Art |
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84 | (1) |
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``Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Member...?'' |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (2) |
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Stereotyping as a Form of Repression |
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88 | (3) |
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The Stages of Stereotyping |
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88 | (2) |
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The Persistence of Stereotypes |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (5) |
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Early Exceptions to the Rule |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (3) |
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96 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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97 | (2) |
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PART II Disciplines of the Humanities |
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99 | (296) |
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100 | (40) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (5) |
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The Basic Literary Impulse: Identity |
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103 | (1) |
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The First Epic: Gilgamesh |
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103 | (1) |
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Another Early Epic: Homer's Iliad |
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104 | (3) |
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107 | (21) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (7) |
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116 | (1) |
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Simple Forms, Profound Meaning: William Blake |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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121 | (7) |
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128 | (6) |
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129 | (1) |
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An American Classic: Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby |
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130 | (4) |
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134 | (1) |
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A Short Story Masterpiece: Shirley Jackson's ``The Lottery'' |
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115 | (8) |
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123 | (15) |
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138 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (60) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (4) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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Creating Likeness in Different Styles |
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147 | (18) |
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148 | (5) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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157 | (3) |
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160 | (2) |
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162 | (2) |
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Two Women of the Post-Renaissance |
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164 | (1) |
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Rembrandt: The Perfection of Likeness |
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164 | (1) |
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A Rebellion Against Perfect Likeness |
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165 | (7) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (2) |
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172 | (19) |
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The Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory Show, 1913 |
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174 | (3) |
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Cubism: Picasso and Braque |
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177 | (4) |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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172 | (4) |
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176 | (21) |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (42) |
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201 | (2) |
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The Basic Elements of Music |
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203 | (9) |
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203 | (1) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (2) |
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Harmony and the Orchestra |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (1) |
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The Varieties of Musical Experience |
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212 | (8) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (6) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (2) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (4) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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220 | (11) |
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231 | (9) |
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240 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (54) |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (16) |
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Conventions of Classical Theater |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (5) |
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251 | (2) |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (2) |
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259 | (10) |
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260 | (4) |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (2) |
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Melodrama and Tragedy: A Contrast |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (7) |
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269 | (3) |
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272 | (2) |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (3) |
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276 | (3) |
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279 | (1) |
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279 | (4) |
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279 | (2) |
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281 | (2) |
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A Theatrical Century of Dynamic Change |
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283 | (7) |
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The Modern Theater of Ideas |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (2) |
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287 | (2) |
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Eastern Theater and Its Influences |
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289 | (1) |
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278 | (4) |
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282 | (11) |
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293 | (2) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (42) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (16) |
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298 | (2) |
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300 | (1) |
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300 | (4) |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (10) |
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314 | (3) |
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317 | (2) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street |
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321 | (1) |
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322 | (2) |
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326 | (2) |
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328 | (5) |
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316 | (10) |
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326 | (10) |
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336 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (57) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (4) |
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344 | (4) |
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Art and Propaganda I:D.W. Griffith |
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345 | (1) |
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Art and Propaganda II: Sergei Eisenstein |
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345 | (2) |
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Slapstick Comedy and More |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (24) |
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349 | (2) |
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351 | (3) |
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354 | (1) |
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355 | (2) |
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Musical Comedy: Singing and Dancing with Fred, Ginger, and Gene |
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357 | (2) |
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359 | (3) |
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362 | (1) |
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362 | (3) |
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Documentaries and Docudramas |
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365 | (2) |
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367 | (2) |
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Loosely Based on the Original |
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369 | (3) |
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The Top Two American Films of the Twentieth Century |
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372 | (5) |
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372 | (2) |
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374 | (3) |
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377 | (13) |
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378 | (2) |
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380 | (2) |
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382 | (1) |
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383 | (2) |
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385 | (2) |
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387 | (1) |
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387 | (3) |
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390 | (1) |
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A Word on Critical Viewing |
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370 | (8) |
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378 | (14) |
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392 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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393 | (2) |
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PART III Themes in the Humanities |
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395 | (224) |
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396 | (44) |
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397 | (1) |
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398 | (6) |
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398 | (1) |
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399 | (3) |
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Greek and Roman Polytheism |
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402 | (1) |
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Native American Religions |
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402 | (2) |
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The Belief in an Impersonal Divinity |
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404 | (11) |
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405 | (5) |
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410 | (3) |
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413 | (1) |
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Aristotle's Unmoved Mover |
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414 | (1) |
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415 | (16) |
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416 | (4) |
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420 | (3) |
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Good, Evil, and Augustine |
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423 | (3) |
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426 | (1) |
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427 | (3) |
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The Protestant Reformation |
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430 | (1) |
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The Questioning of Belief |
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431 | (3) |
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431 | (1) |
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431 | (2) |
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433 | (1) |
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425 | (9) |
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434 | (4) |
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438 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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439 | (1) |
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440 | (42) |
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441 | (1) |
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How We Arrive at Moral Decisions |
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442 | (3) |
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442 | (1) |
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443 | (2) |
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The Morality of Self-Interest |
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445 | (13) |
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446 | (5) |
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Enlightened Self-Interest |
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451 | (1) |
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Economics and Self-Interest |
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452 | (3) |
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Transcending Self-Interest: Altruism |
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455 | (3) |
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458 | (16) |
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A Philosophical Defense of Altruism |
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458 | (1) |
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The Moral Mathematics of Jeremy Bentham |
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459 | (2) |
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Utilitarianism Modified: John Stuart Mill |
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461 | (3) |
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The Moral Imperative of Immanuel Kant |
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464 | (2) |
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466 | (4) |
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470 | (4) |
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474 | (3) |
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465 | (6) |
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471 | (9) |
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480 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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481 | (1) |
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482 | (30) |
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483 | (1) |
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Hedonism: Happiness as Pleasure |
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484 | (5) |
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487 | (1) |
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488 | (1) |
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Epicureanism: Happiness as Avoidance of Pain |
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489 | (4) |
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489 | (3) |
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Epicureanism Reconsidered |
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492 | (1) |
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Stoicism: Happiness as a Strategy for Survival |
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493 | (4) |
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494 | (2) |
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496 | (1) |
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Aristotelianism: Happiness as the Quality of a Whole Lifetime |
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497 | (8) |
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Pleasure a Limited Goal; Happiness a Complete Goal |
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498 | (1) |
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Providing Happiness: A Government's Responsibility? |
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499 | (2) |
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501 | (4) |
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Eastern Philosophy and Happiness |
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505 | (1) |
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Buddhist Paths to Happiness: Hinayana and Mahayana |
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506 | (2) |
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500 | (7) |
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507 | (3) |
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510 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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511 | (1) |
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512 | (36) |
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513 | (1) |
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513 | (17) |
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514 | (6) |
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520 | (2) |
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522 | (5) |
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527 | (3) |
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530 | (9) |
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532 | (1) |
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533 | (3) |
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536 | (1) |
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537 | (2) |
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539 | (2) |
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New Versions and Continued Misgivings |
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541 | (2) |
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Love in a Time of Health Hazards |
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543 | (1) |
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544 | (1) |
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Imagining a World in Which Only Sex Exists |
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535 | (5) |
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540 | (6) |
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546 | (1) |
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547 | (1) |
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Death and Life-Affirmation |
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548 | (36) |
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549 | (1) |
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550 | (16) |
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Death in the Popular Arts |
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551 | (2) |
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553 | (1) |
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Magnifying and Beautifying Death |
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554 | (1) |
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The Medicalization of Death |
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555 | (1) |
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556 | (2) |
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558 | (2) |
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560 | (1) |
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561 | (3) |
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564 | (2) |
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566 | (6) |
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566 | (1) |
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567 | (4) |
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571 | (1) |
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Models of Life-Affirmation |
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572 | (2) |
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574 | (3) |
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577 | (3) |
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570 | (6) |
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576 | (6) |
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583 | (1) |
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584 | (35) |
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585 | (1) |
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Determinism and the Limitation of Choice |
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586 | (14) |
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Past and Present Limitations |
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588 | (1) |
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Institutional Determinism |
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589 | (2) |
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591 | (1) |
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591 | (4) |
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595 | (1) |
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596 | (3) |
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599 | (1) |
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Possibilities for Freedom |
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600 | (7) |
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A Pessimist's Definition of the Will |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
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Psychoanalysis: Freedom Through the Conscious Ego |
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603 | (4) |
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607 | (5) |
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607 | (1) |
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608 | (4) |
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Freedom Within Limitations |
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600 | (12) |
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612 | (5) |
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617 | (1) |
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Topics for Writing and Discussion |
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617 | (2) |
| Endnotes |
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619 | (6) |
| Credits |
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625 | (2) |
| Index |
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