A Study of Pleasure and PainTheosophical Press, 1962 - 97 من الصفحات The theme of this book is that pain is functional in the advancement and enrichment of life in nature and in man, therefore it should be received with understanding and consideration. The arguments found within are purely scientific and illustrated by examples in the lives of common people. Fully discussed are the topics of how pain arises and ceases and the different kinds of pain. |
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... modern , thinking man , " but there is an if . " If only it could be free from pain - the pains of the body ( so many accidents and infirmities ) , and the pains of the mind , ( so many insecurities , frustrations and indignities ) ...
... modern , thinking man , " but there is an if . " If only it could be free from pain - the pains of the body ( so many accidents and infirmities ) , and the pains of the mind , ( so many insecurities , frustrations and indignities ) ...
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... modern scientist in his researches and in the applications of his science to material industry is also , if straightly viewed , a similar sort of worship . If the scientist allows himself to feel about this , as well as to think about ...
... modern scientist in his researches and in the applications of his science to material industry is also , if straightly viewed , a similar sort of worship . If the scientist allows himself to feel about this , as well as to think about ...
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... modern point of view that he did not credit the opera- tions of nature to the planning or functioning of any God or gods , but called the law of karma simply a law . Although he taught the idea of nirvana as the ending of the series of ...
... modern point of view that he did not credit the opera- tions of nature to the planning or functioning of any God or gods , but called the law of karma simply a law . Although he taught the idea of nirvana as the ending of the series of ...
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