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Alien life and human purpose : a rhetorical examination through history /

Alien Life and Human Purpose provides a rhetorical examination of the way major historical figures connect their arguments for the absence of alien life, or unity, to their philosophical, religious, and ethical agendas. Packer contends that unity had a complimentary mythic function and continues to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Packer, Joseph, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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