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Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V2I2.153

Rebecca Roache

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Socrates on Drugs: The Controversy over Cognitive Enhancement 苏格拉底论毒品:关于认知增强的争论

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V2I2.133

B. Prusak

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Translating the Bible: A New Approach to an Old Task 翻译圣经:旧任务的新方法

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/expo.v2i2.239

Richard A. Taylor

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Adjusting the Body-Clock: Archaic Aspirations and Contemporary Chemicals 调整生物钟:古老的愿望和当代的化学物质

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/expo.v2i2.147

W. LaFleur

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Robert Alter and the Art of Bible Translation 罗伯特·奥尔特与圣经翻译艺术

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V2I2.231

E. Fox

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Enhancing Me, Enhancing You: Academic Enhancement as a Moral Duty 提升我，提升你:学术提升是一种道德责任

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V2I2.157

M. Quigley

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Grasping the 'Raw I': Race and Tragedy in Philip Roth's 'The Human Stain' 把握“原始的我”:菲利普·罗斯《人性的污点》中的种族与悲剧

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V2I2.189

L. Moland

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An Analysis of Augustine's Argument in Confessions That Evil Does Not Exist 奥古斯丁在《忏悔录》中关于邪恶不存在的论证分析

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-01-01 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V3I1.73

B. Prusak

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Santo, santo, santo: Dante’s Union of Prophet and Theophany in Paradiso 26 圣，圣，圣:但丁在天堂篇第26章的先知与神显的结合

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-01-01 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V3I1.41

S. Little

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Charles Taylor and the Future of Secularism 查尔斯·泰勒与世俗主义的未来

Expositions Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities Pub Date : 2009-01-01 DOI: 10.1558/EXPO.V3I1.106

Bruce S. Ledewitz

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