“It is obvious that he has set himself an impossible task; slow and gradual transformations are possible, they even happen quite frequently, but they do not lead us to a new life; they only take us from one old life to another old life. The new life always makes itself known abruptly, without any approach or preparation, and it keeps its strange enigmatical character in the midst of events whose course has been determined by the old laws.”
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Noaptea din gradina Ghetsimani
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Lev Shestov
Lev Shestov (February 13, 1866 - November 19, 1938) was a prominent Russian philosopher of the 20th century, known for his profound contributions to existentialism and religious philosophy. more
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