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'Returning to Riva: Close Reading a Little-Known Short Story by Franz Kafka'
“From time to time, Gracchus returns to Riva, place and also “shore” ('riva'), living on, defying the power to name and to represent.”
“'Hypostatic union' (from the Greek: 'ὑπόστασις', […], 'person, subsistence') is a technical term in Christian theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the union of Christ's human nature and divine nature in one composed hypostasis, or individual personhood.”
2. “And so, Epimetheus began by giving strength to some, speed to some, and wings, claws, hooves, pelts and hides to others. […] Epimetheus forgot to save something for man. When Prometheus saw what had happened, he realised that without pelts or claws, mankind was doomed[….].”
“Debate exists as to whether the figurine depicts a lion or human-lion hybrid figure at all; with similarities to a standing bear[ . . . . ].”
“Spiritual labyrinth”
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“Spiritual Labyrinth”
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