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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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Mansa Musa: The Golden Ruler of the Mali Empire
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Early Modern Europe’s Inexplicable Obsession With Eunuchs
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The Full English Breakfast: History of a British Tradition
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Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part V: Epilogue
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This is the fifth part of our four(ish) five part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb, IVc) look at how the Roman legions were able to overcome the Macedonian sarisa phalanx in the third and second centuries BC. We have covered the decisive battles in the story, although...
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History of Hollywood in the 1980s-1990s: Everything You Need to Know
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Warfare in the Bronze Age: Tactics, Weapons, Battles
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Why There Is More Than One Reality: Introducing the Pluriverse
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Ancient Celtic Helmet Unearthed in Poland
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Tue, 12/19/2023 - 00:00
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Syphilis and Scurvy: Diagnosing Henry VIII
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
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Rare Leonora Carrington Sculpture Heads to Auction
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The Road from East Germany to North Korea
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Daily Self-Portraits 1972–1973: Laying It Bare On The Lower East Side
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Melissa Shook (1932-2020) was living on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1970s when she began a project to record her daily existence. Much like Peggy Nolan’s pictures of her family home, life was a place of free expression. “My earliest memories are of being photographed...
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Egyptian Cat Goddess: Who Is Bastet?
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Monet’s Favorite French Cathedral Catches Fire
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In Praise of the Preterite
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation...
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Back in 1993, the Beat writer William S. Burroughs wrote and narrated a 21-minute claymation Christmas film oddly produced by Francis Ford Coppola. And, as you can well imagine, it’s not your normal happy Christmas flick. Nope, this film – The Junky’s Christmas – is all about...
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Joris Hoefnagel: The Emperor’s Best Artist Who Drew Insects That Told of Love And Death
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Illustrations from the Mira calligraphiae monumenta (The Model Book of Calligraphy) were created by Croatian scribe Georg Bocskay (died 1575) and Flemish artist Joris Hoefnagel (1542–1601). There is no evidence the two artists ever met, but their collaboration was decades in the...
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A Look Inside London Cafes and Greasy Spoons In the Early 1990s
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6 months ago
We’ve seen the outside of many London cafes in the 1980s and 1990s, first here then more. Now Peter Marshall pokes his camera inside London’s lost cafes and shows us around. We see lots of formica counters, brightly coloured chairs, the stainless steel urns for ready-made coffee...
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Arthur Rackham’s Fantastic Illustrations for The Tempest, 1926
Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes:...
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Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. – William Shakespeare, The Tempest, illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1926 Arthur...
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A History of Phantom Pain
A History of Phantom Pain
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Trying to Understand...
If We Had More Than a Hammer ...
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a year ago
We might not be in this mess.
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Clement Attlee: Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister?
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Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
And some bits and pieces.
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And some bits and pieces.
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How Do I Know I’m Not the Only Conscious Being in the Universe?
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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doppelganger (n.) Wraith. literally: double-goer. Apparition of a living person, 1826 (from 1824 as a German word in English). – OED We are more alike than many of us hope. Photographer François Brunelle has spent years tracking down real-life doppelgängers — people who are...
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7 Works by Romaine Brooks You Should Know
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Artemisia of Caria
Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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Commander, Queen, and Eva Green
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10 London Museums You Should Visit
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The 1968 Prague Spring: Democratic Revolution Behind the Iron Curtain?
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Why did it take psychedelics so long to become popular?
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Some lessons from history and archaeology
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The Julio-Claudians
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Dreams of Space -...
Hombres Del Espacio (1960)
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't....
a year ago
So a fun one today. This is so silly and dated that I almost feel like apologizing, but I won't. This is the story of the exploration of space and has to be seen! It might have been assembled from stills from a Spanish film (I don't recognize it so feel free to tell me). But...
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
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Queen Victoria’s Stalker
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Thu, 01/11/2024 - 09:45
TheCollector
Battle of Issus (333 BCE): Alexander the Great vs. Darius III
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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From Caesar's Back to King Tut's Tomb
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The Chinese Civil War & Mao’s Long March
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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Where parents make a difference
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Where is the shared environment effect larger than zero?
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The Story of Thebes
From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten...
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From its captivating mythology and fantastic history, discover this important yet forgotten city-state...
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AREA: Cards and Invitations from the Fabulous New York Nightclub, 1983–1986
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he...
11 months ago
From 1983 to 1987, 157 Hudson Street in Manhattan, New York City, was home to Area. Frequented by he great and good, the club was known for its changing themes (every six weeks the place got a new look – an approach inspired by Zurich’s 1916 Dadaist club Cabaret Voltaire) and...
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Part I: SPQR
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as...
a year ago
This is the first of a planned five-part series looking at the structure of the Roman Republic as another example of civic governance structures in antiquity, to match our series on the Greek polis. As with that series, we’re going to start by defining our community and its...
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
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The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
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Guimarães: 9 Historic Sites in Portugal’s Cradle City
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Rationalism 101: A Historical Overview
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Quick Notification
In Search of Homer
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How Did Tropical Fruits Become Commonplace in the USA?
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Clubbers And Youth Tribes in Post-Punk London : 1978-1986
“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those...
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“As a photographer, I go as the casual observer and stand in the shadows. When I first went to those Tuesday nights at Billy’s [1978] it was like walking into a Hieronymous Bosch painting – furtive but lively, very decadent reflecting what they were into, and yet with a sense of...
TheCollector
The Arts & Crafts Movement: A Response to the Industrial Revolution
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Weekend Roundup
Hera, Queen of the Gods
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
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a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Hitler’s Gamble: Where Did the Battle of the Bulge Take Place?
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Mobutu Sese Seko: The Rise and Fall of Congo’s Infamous Dictator
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10 Great London Theaters Worth Visiting
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9 Printmaking Techniques You Should Know
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What Are the Six Labors of Theseus?
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Hidden Gospels: What Books Were Removed from the Bible (and Why)?
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The Darien Scheme: Scotland’s Unsuccessful Settlement in the Americas
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Battle of Himera: Carthage vs. Ancient Greeks of Sicily
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Rembrandt Used Arsenic to Paint “The Night Watch”
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3 Beautiful Places in the South of England Tourists Neglect
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What Was the Fall of Satan in the Bible?
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The World’s Most Prestigious Art Fairs (By Continent/Region)
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Can War Be Justified? A Philosophical View
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internet in paradise
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging...
over a year ago
Huahine, one of the many grouped islands in French Polynesia. Our plans for future ocean voyaging could have ended here, because we almost crashed onto a reef.
Because we always time our arrival with the morning sun, I always get the first look of every island. Huahine stood in...
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Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023
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‘Spiral Jetty’ Added to National Register of Historic Places
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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NATO's Phantom Armies.
And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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And the ghost of Carl von Clausewitz.
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Baroque Obsession: What Was So Innovative About Caravaggio?
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What Are Paul Cezanne’s Most Famous Paintings?
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Glasgow in the 1980s: ‘From An Insider’s Point of View’
The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place ...
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The Cranhill Arts Project has been collecting pictures of Glasgow, Scotland, to show the place “from an insider’s point of view”. Among its growing collection of Glasgow peoples’ photographs are these from the 1980s. All these snapshots have been labelled by the people who...
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Mudslinging & Negative Campaigning: A Look at US Election Dirty Tricks
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Patterns in Humanity
Genes and social stratification
How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
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How genes affect socioeconomic success, and its consequences for society's structure.
Global Inequality...
Is “neo-imperialism” the only path to development?
On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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On Bill Warren's "Imperialism: Pioneer of Capitalism"
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How Did Artists Learn About Anatomy During the Renaissance?
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What Is Marie Antoinette Syndrome?
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Medieval Necropolis Unearthed at Bulgarian Bus Station
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What Is the History of April Fools’ Day?
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A Collection of...
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This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the...
9 months ago
This is the first part of the third part of our four(ish) part (Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, IIIa) look at the triumph of the Roman legions in the third and second century over the Hellenistic armies of the heirs of Alexander. Last time, we looked at some of the operational and strategic...
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5 Unusual Items in Ai Weiwei’s Installations
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Journey of the Roman Gladius and Other Swords
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a...
11 months ago
This week I want to do something a little different and discuss the evolution and development of a specific weapon, in this case the famed Roman gladius, the sword of the legions. As we’re going to see, this is going to entail a journey covering quite a bit of both time and space...
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9 Inventions We Owe to the Ancients
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What Was the Mason-Dixon Line?
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Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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What Is the Shadow According to Carl Jung?
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Dreams of Space -...
Mole Rocket (1965)
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece...
over a year ago
Mole Rocket is a Czechoslovakian children's book about a mole finding a rocket. It is a silly piece of fiction but since it does have adventuring in a rocket it seemed worth sharing.
Miler. Mole Rocket, 1965.
When the mole crash lands, the rocket breaks apart in...
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act...
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“I also believe in the ability of art to enhance people’s lives, to liberate people’s lives, to act as a form of communication that transcends language to connect cultures together” – Jeffrey Deitch Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010) changed our expectations around art. Named after...
Classical Wisdom
Should Drugs be Criminalized?
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
3 months ago
Do mind and mood alternating substances help, harm or inspire?
TheCollector
A Green-Hued Banksy Mural in North London
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Looking For Tibet And A Llama At England’s Pestalozzi Children’s Village – 1959 – 1965
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about...
11 months ago
We love to hear from our readers and earlier this year got a call from Len Clarke who told us about his memories of the Pestalozzi Children’s Village in East Sussex, England, in the 1960s. Len had seen an image on Flashback of a group of Tibetan children playing ball at the...
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
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‘Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe’ by Noel Malcolm review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/20/2024 - 11:50
TheCollector
Who Were the Toughest Women in the Old West?
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10 Powerful Women From Folklore and Mythology Around the World
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Why Is Nicosia the Last Divided Capital of Cyprus?
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Hitler’s Inner Circle: The 7 Most Powerful Figures in the Third Reich
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Gottfried Leibniz’s Monadology: Do Souls Exist in Space?
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10 Essential Films to Watch to Understand Surrealist Cinema
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6 Artworks Inspired by Gabriel García Márquez’s Famous Novel
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