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Book Title: Aquinas On The Beginning And End Of Human Life
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Human Life
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Subject: Theology, Embryology, History & Surveys / Medieval, Christian Theology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Christian Theology / Ethics
Publication Year: 2013
Item Height: 0.1 in
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Medical
Item Length: 0.9 in
Author: Fabrizio Amerini
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Hardcover
