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Ethics as Language in the Book of the Knight of the Tower

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|Feb 2026

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/stap.2025.59.06 | Journal eISSN: 2082-5102 | Journal ISSN: 0081-6272
Language: English
Page range: 137 - 161
Published on: Feb 22, 2026
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