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Spare, contemporary, classical in form and contemplative.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- David Benatar
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 247
- Publisher
- Ebsco Publishing, Clarendon, Dogu Bati Yayinlari
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, und
- ISBN
- 9781280756320
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First sentence
“The central idea of this book is that coming into existence is always a serious harm.”
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