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- ↑ Vairasse, Denis, approximately 1630-approximately 1696. (2006). The history of the Sevarambians : a utopian novel. Laursen, John Christian., Masroori, Cyrus. Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. ix. ISBN 1423785487. OCLC 70278508.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Vairasse, Denis, approximately 1630-approximately 1696. (2006). The history of the Sevarambians : a utopian novel. Laursen, John Christian., Masroori, Cyrus. Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. x. ISBN 1423785487. OCLC 70278508.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Freiherr von (1985). Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man, and the Origin of Evil. Open Court Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 9780875484372.
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