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Lev Shestov - What can be more terrible than not to...
What can be more terrible than not to know whether one is alive or dead? "Justice” should insist that this knowledge or this ignorance should be the prerogative of every human being. (Lev Shestov)

What can be more terrible than not to know whether one is alive or dead? "Justice” should insist that this knowledge or this ignorance should be the prerogative of every human being.

Lev Shestov

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