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Charisma

In Our Time: Philosophy

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Carismatics and the Aura of the Supernatural

The word corisma allows us to talk about something that has religious resident, supernatural residence. We're not actually claiming that a carosmetic figure is really supernatural but that still has some sort of aura of the supernatural around him or her. A washington is a very good exampleof of a degree of success with that,. The american presidency was very much shaped by george washington, the first president, and it still retains something of this oura as a parenthesis.

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