"Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other."

Man, Unity

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"Man is this plural and collective unity in which the unity of destination and the differences of destinies are to be understood through each other."

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"The narrative constructs the identity of the character, what can be called his or her narrative identity, in constructing that of the story told. It is the identity of the story that makes the identity of the character."

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"But myth is something else than an explanation of the world, of history, and of destiny."

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"If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death."

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"So long as the New Testament served to decipher the Old, it was taken as an absolute norm."

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