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(suggested, conduit, essential, fundamental, expression, Universe, oppressed, landscape)
This is also where Man finds a …………..1………….. role. In that space between Heaven and Earth, he becomes the …………2………… of communication between both poles of the …………3………….. His presence is ………….4………….. even if it’s only ……………5………………; far from being lost or ……………6……………. by the lofty peaks, he is, in Francois Cheng’s wonderful …………….7…………, “the eye of the ……………8………….”.

Answer

1. fundamental, 2. conduit, 3. Universe, 4. essential, 5. suggested, 6. oppressed, 7. expression, 8. landscape

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