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Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

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Chinese dragon sculpture or statue.

10 Legendary Creatures from Around the World

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

Thanksgiving Turkey with all the sides

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) standing on rock, side view, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

The Fastest Animals on Earth

The tomb of Saint Nicholas in the crypt of the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Do the Relics of Saint Nicholas Really Emit a Holy Substance?

Difficult Freedom

work by Lévinas

Also known as: “Difficile liberté”

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In Emmanuel Lévinas
…1963 as Difficile liberté (Difficult Freedom). In his interpretations of the Talmud, he seemed to be searching for what he called “a wisdom older than the patent presence of a meaning…[a] wisdom without which the message buried deep within the enigma of the text cannot be grasped.”
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