Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Blavatsky’s Place in the History of Philosophy

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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky : Blavatsky’s Place in the History of Philosophy. / Rudbøg, Tim.

The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. red. / Alison Stone ; Lydia Moland. Oxford University Press, 2023.

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Rudbøg, T 2023, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Blavatsky’s Place in the History of Philosophy. i A Stone & L Moland (red), The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197558898.013.21

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Rudbøg, T. (2023). Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Blavatsky’s Place in the History of Philosophy. I A. Stone , & L. Moland (red.), The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197558898.013.21

Vancouver

Rudbøg T. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Blavatsky’s Place in the History of Philosophy. I Stone A, Moland L, red., The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press. 2023 https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197558898.013.21

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Rudbøg, Tim. / Helena Petrovna Blavatsky : Blavatsky’s Place in the History of Philosophy. The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. red. / Alison Stone ; Lydia Moland. Oxford University Press, 2023.

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