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... birth , of renascence ( the maternal breasts ) . Such is the meaning of " upward " and " downward " in their cosmic as- pect , while in their purely bodily aspect , which is not clearly dis- tinct from the cosmic , the upper part is the ...
... birth , of renascence ( the maternal breasts ) . Such is the meaning of " upward " and " downward " in their cosmic as- pect , while in their purely bodily aspect , which is not clearly dis- tinct from the cosmic , the upper part is the ...
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... birth ; the grave is related to the earth's life - giving womb . Birth - death , death - birth , such are the components of life itself as in the famous words of the Spirit of the Earth in Goethe's Faust.19 Death is included in life ...
... birth ; the grave is related to the earth's life - giving womb . Birth - death , death - birth , such are the components of life itself as in the famous words of the Spirit of the Earth in Goethe's Faust.19 Death is included in life ...
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... birth to the new one . Death throes are combined with birth in one indis- soluble whole . This process is represented in the images of the material bodily lower stratum ; everything descends into the earth and the bodily grave in order ...
... birth to the new one . Death throes are combined with birth in one indis- soluble whole . This process is represented in the images of the material bodily lower stratum ; everything descends into the earth and the bodily grave in order ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
ONE Rabelais in the History of Laughter | 59 |
TWO The Language of the Marketplace in Rabelais | 145 |
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