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Is it better to Be without Knowing or to Know without Being?

>> No.17467600 [View]
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> English "truth"
> Middle English "trouthe"
> Old English "trēowþ"
> Proto-Germanic "*triwwiþō"
> Proto-Indo-European " *drū"
> Proto-Indo-European "dóru" meaning tree
> Proto-Indo-European " *deru-" *drew-" "“hard, firm, strong, solid”"

So is "truth" best understood as a "tree" or something "hard"?

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Given that all basic needs and necessities for life are met, can literature serve as an alternative in bringing happiness to people, as opposed to material wealth and consumerism?

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What should I expect from Benjamin R. Foster's translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh?

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Hide your power level.

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