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God and the World – One Man's Search and Discovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Laurence F. Wilmot
Affiliation:
Winnipeg, Canada

Extract

An analysis of the process of the emergence, development, and transformation of Alfred North Whitehead's conceptions of God in his philosophical writings.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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