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The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)

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The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

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Indian hijras participate in a religious procession in Gandhinagar, India, some 30 kilometers from Ahmedabad, on March 22, 2017. Hijra is a term used in South Asia which refers to transgender individuals who are born male. (gender identity, gender expression)

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Town of Sisimiut located on the coast of the Davis Strait on Kangerluarsunnguaq Bay, Greenland

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World Data Locator Map: Australia

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Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

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Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

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Philosophy

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In Karl Jaspers: Transition to philosophy of Karl Jaspers
…three volumes of Philosophie (Philosophy, 1969) appeared—perhaps the most systematic presentation of Existential philosophy in the German language. A book on Max Weber also appeared in 1932.
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existentialism

In existentialism: Manner and style of human existence
…Jaspers pointed out in his Philosophie (1932), the impossibility of being, acting, willing, and choosing in a manner different from the way things are—i.e., from the factual conditions of the situation. From the second point of view, the fundamental project, which is the primordial choice, has no conditions; as Sartre…
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