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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time

Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.

Plato and Aristotle: How Do They Differ?

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Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

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What is the Difference Between Daoism and Confucianism?

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Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

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“Go Down, Moses”

In Go Down, Moses
The first story, “Was,” is considered a comic masterpiece. It opens with a raucous fox chase that suggests the theme and action of the story. Buck and Buddy, twin sons of Carothers McCaslin, chase their slave and half-brother, Turl; Turl chases his girlfriend Tennie, slave of Hubert and…
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