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Transhumanism and the issue of death

By: Peter Kyslan  
Open Access
|Jun 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2019-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2453-7829 | Journal ISSN: 1338-5615
Language: English
Page range: 71 - 80
Published on: Jun 13, 2019
Published by: University of Prešov
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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