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... Under the following conditions: Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way tha... ...anslations authorized by the Author. 3 Note from the translator: In this text, several of the author’s books are mentioned. Some are alread... ...ipline whose goal is to unite the four fundamental forces that make up the history of humanity, Religion, Philosophy, Science and Art, in a single f... ... instead, we are making decisions based on hatred, so we can reinforce the former and eliminate the latter, is also an important process that can be... ...roduced by humanity’s ability to not only create new order by breaking the former balance, but also to destroy the existing order, at the level of na... ...esent the Yin and the Yang, the masculine and feminine principles that the Chinese Tao and the Hindu religion speak of. There is no reason to make... ... the Yin and the 97 Yang, the masculine and feminine principles that the Chinese Tao and the Hindu religion speak of. There is no reason to make... ...explodes, and the dictatorship is overthrown. This is what happened in the countries in Eastern Europe. This is what is happening in Christianity. ... ...nty Institutes that are connected to it, both throughout Italy and in other countries. In these Institutes all the various problems that human beings...

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