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Martin
Reaction (Post)June 22, 2026 at 4:21 PM This is a rough version of Book Two.
The next book will take a year. -
Godfrey
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The next book will take a year. -
Pacatus
Reaction (Post)June 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM This is a rough version of Book Two.
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Pacatus
Reaction (Post)June 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM This may need it's own thread, but currently this section of the forum is set up so that no new threads can be added.
Does Principal Doctrine 24 & 25, describe how "principled action" is arrived at?
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Carrilho
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Carrilho
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Carrilho
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Kalosyni
Reaction (Post)June 22, 2026 at 9:59 AM Thanks everyone. My own researched showed Clinamen Vitae to be a fairly modern term, but I asked in case I missed anything. I came across the Latin term myself when I coined the term 'life swerve' as an analogy of the swerve of the atom, in which we can… -
Cassius
Reaction (Post)June 22, 2026 at 9:00 AM This is a rough version of Book Two.
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wbernys
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