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On Not Founding Rome: The Virtue Of Hesitation

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Book Title: ON Not Founding Rome : the Virtue of Hesitaiton

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.3in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Steven Schroeder

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Christian Theology / General, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Religious, General, Metaphysics, Customs & Traditions, Philosophy

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers

Publication Year: 2010

Genre: Religion, Social Science, Philosophy

Item Weight: 8.8 Oz

Number of Pages: 170 Pages

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