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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Indian Philosophies | |
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| Historical Perspectives | |
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| Historical Overview | |
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| Dominant Features | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Vedas and Upanishads | |
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| Indus Culture | |
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| Vedic Thought | |
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| The Upanishads | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| The Jain Vision | |
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| Brief Overview | |
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| Historical Context | |
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| Bondage | |
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| Way of Liberation | |
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| Faith, Knowledge, and Conduct | |
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| Impact of Jain Thought | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Society and the Individual | |
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| Bhagavad Gita | |
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| Human Aims | |
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| Social Classes | |
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| Life-Stages | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Self and the World: Samkhya-Yoga | |
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| Samkhya: A Dualistic Theory of Reality | |
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| Causality | |
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| Evolution of the World | |
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| Yoga: The Way of Discipline | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Knowledge and Reality: Nyaya-Vaisheshika | |
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| The Problem of Knowledge | |
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| The Means of Knowledge | |
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| The Objects of Knowledge: The Vaisheshika Categories | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Self and Reality: Mimamsa and Vedanta | |
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| Mimamsa | |
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| Vedanta | |
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| Shankara's Nondualism | |
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| The Qualified Nondualism of Ramanuja | |
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| The Dualistic Vedanta of Madhva | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Note | |
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| Theistic Developments | |
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| Vishnu | |
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| Kali | |
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| Shiva | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Islam | |
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| Basic Teachings of Islam | |
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| Development of Sufi Thought | |
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| The Sufi Path | |
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| Interaction Between Muslims and Hindus | |
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| Religion and Politics | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Continuing Tradition | |
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| Gandhi | |
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| Aurobindo | |
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| Iqbal | |
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| Radhakrishnan | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Buddhist Philosophies | |
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| Historical Perspectives | |
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| Central Teaching | |
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| India at the Time of the Buddha | |
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| After the Buddha | |
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| Mahayana and Theravada | |
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| Philosophical Traditions | |
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| Buddhism in China | |
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| Buddhism in Korea and Japan | |
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| Buddhism in the West | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| The Life and Teachings of the Buddha | |
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| The Buddha | |
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| The Four Signs | |
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| Quest for Enlightenment | |
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| The Buddha's Teachings | |
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| The Noble Eightfold Path | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Interdependent Arising | |
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| Principle of Conditioned Existence | |
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| The Wheel of Becoming | |
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| Mindfulness | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Sarvastivada | |
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| Sarvastivada Teachings | |
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| Foundations of Abhidharma | |
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| Arguments Against Substance | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Perfection of Wisdom | |
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| Perfection of Wisdom Tradition | |
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| Diamond Sutra | |
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| Heart Sutra | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Madhyamaka: The Middle Way Tradition | |
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| Overview of Madhyamaka | |
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| Middle Way Philosophy of Nagarjuna | |
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| A Dialogue on the Teaching and Practice of Emptiness | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Yogacara | |
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| Overview of Yogacara | |
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| Existence and Consciousness | |
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| Knowledge of Reality | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Buddhism in Japan: Zen | |
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| Overview | |
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| Indian and Chinese Foundations | |
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| Taoist Influences | |
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| Aims of Zen | |
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| Practice | |
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| Teachings | |
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| Ox-Herding: Stages of Practice | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Chinese Philosophies | |
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| Historical Perspectives | |
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| Pre-Confucian China | |
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| Confucianism | |
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| Taoism | |
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| Mohism | |
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| School of Names | |
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| Yin-Yang | |
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| Legalism | |
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| Early Medieval Developments | |
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| Chinese Buddhism | |
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| Neo-Confucianism | |
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| Basic Characteristics of Chinese Philosophy | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Confucianism | |
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| Confucius | |
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| Humanity (Jen) | |
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| Propriety (Li) | |
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| Filial Piety (Hsiao) | |
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| Righteousness (Yi) | |
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| Rectification of Names (Cheng-Ming) | |
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| Governing by Virtue | |
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| Mencius | |
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| Hsun Tzu | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Taoism: The Natural Way of Freedom | |
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| Lao Tzu | |
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| The Tao and Its Manifestations | |
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| Chuang Tzu | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Neo-Confucianism: The Grand Harmony | |
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| The Buddhist Challenge | |
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| Neo-Confucian Beginnings | |
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| Ch'eng Hao and Ch'eng I | |
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| Chu Hsi | |
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| Wang Yang-ming | |
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| Tai Chen | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Recent Chinese Philosophical Thought | |
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| K'ang Yu-wei | |
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| Chang Tung-sun | |
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| Hsiung Shih-li | |
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| Fung Yu-lan | |
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| Mao Tse-tung | |
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| Post-Mao Thought | |
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| Review Questions | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Pronunciation Guide | |
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| Index | |