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On the “World Soul’ in Plato's TIMAEUS

✍ Scribed by Charles P. Bigger

Book ID
114981960
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1967
Tongue
English
Weight
604 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
0038-4283

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