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  • To me, a profan who walks on both sides of the street, I think that potentially the most serious problem is the desertion of publishers and editors, which will of course lead to the departure of writers and artists -- all of which are happening now, not predicted to happen in the future -- and that of course will lead to a desertion by fans.

    MIND MELD: What Can Worldcon and Comic-Con Learn From Each Other? 2009

  • + Julius Firm cus Maternus (De errore profan. relig xxvi),

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

  • Desi este greu sa adresezi o intrebare fara sa pari mult prea naiv, in calitate de profan, in fata unui om ce astazi participa la cel mai mare experiment al omenirii, imi fac totusi curajul de a intreba cum vede Domnul Vincent Keisen Vuillemin, director la CERN si maestru Zen relatia dintre religie si stiinta, dintre creationism si evolutionism, dintre materie si spirit?

    Hotnews.ro 2010

  • Desi este greu sa adresezi o intrebare fara sa pari mult prea naiv, in calitate de profan, in fata unui om ce astazi participa la cel mai mare experiment al omenirii, imi fac totusi curajul de a intreba cum vede Domnul Vincent Keisen Vuillemin, director la CERN si maestru Zen relatia dintre religie si stiinta, dintre creationism si evolutionism, dintre materie si spirit?

    Hotnews.ro 2010

  • Dar pe lângă frumuseţe, torii au o semnificaţie spirituală, aceea de a separa spaţiul sacru de cel profan.

    Anime Nano! 2010

  • Sic, inquam» poeca defcrinit originem profan» poe -

    Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Horace, Ludovicus Desprez, André Dacier 1793

  • Mr. Bolt mentioned profan Courses he had been entangled in after Conviction.

    Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1792

  • Pofteriori loco fimul de opere ehronologico R. Cfedatiat SdtaifchiUth häiAMbhah$ infcripto Judicium profan.

    M. Hermann. Frider. Koecheri ... Nova bibliotheca Hebraica, secundum ordinem Bibliothecæ ... Hermann Friedrich Koecher, Johann Christoph Wolf 1783

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