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Heidegger - Christianity and Nihilism

Ponderings XV ; 6

on April 11, 2024

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Gottlob Frege - Thought and Truth

Truth as objective and residing in a 'third realm'. pdf

Nietzsche - Letter to Jacob Burckhardt
Jorge Luis Borges: John Donne's Biathanatos
Electoral Photogeny - Roland Barthes (French Letters)

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