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  2. The Nonexistent Knight - Wikipedia

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    The Nonexistent Knight (Italian: Il cavaliere inesistente) is an allegorical fantasy novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino, first published in Italian in 1959 and in English translation in 1962. The tale explores questions of identity, integration with society, and virtue through the adventures of Agilulf, a medieval knight who exemplifies ...

  3. Existential nihilism - Wikipedia

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    Existential nihilism is the philosophical theory that life has no objective meaning or purpose. [1] The inherent meaninglessness of life is largely explored in the philosophical school of existentialism, where one can potentially create their own subjective "meaning" or "purpose".

  4. Eternal oblivion - Wikipedia

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    For life has no terrors for him who has thoroughly understood that there are no terrors for him in ceasing to live. Foolish, therefore, is the man who says that he fears death, not because it will pain when it comes, but because it pains in the prospect. Whatever causes no annoyance when it is present causes only a groundless pain in the ...

  5. Bradamante - Wikipedia

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    Bradamante (occasionally spelled Bradamant) is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto. [1] Since the poems exerted a wide influence on later culture, she became a recurring character in Western art.

  6. The Cloven Viscount - Wikipedia

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    Cover of the first US edition, published by Random House.. The Cloven Viscount (Italian: Il visconte dimezzato) is a fantasy novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino.It was first published by Einaudi (Turin) in 1952 and in English in 1962 by William Collins, with a translation by Archibald Colquhoun.

  7. DNF meaning: How to decode the abbreviation in 3 possible ways

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    One meaning is DreamNotFound, a combination of two popular Minecraft YouTubers known as Dream and GeorgeNotFound. The hashtag #dreamnotfound has 1.6 billion views on TikTok while #dnf has 3 billion.

  8. Abhava - Wikipedia

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    Sthiramati observes that this is, in fact, not redundant, meaning abhava does not negate bhava. [9] Abhava refers to particular entities and not to Being; it is a theoretical or logical denial of the existence of some particular impossibility. [10]

  9. Pino Zac - Wikipedia

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    Zac was also active as a director and screenwriter of animation films. He realized about 20 short films and the experimental feature film The Nonexistent Knight, based on the novel with the same name by Italo Calvino. [1] Zac died of a stroke in his house in 1985. [1]