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How would the world look like if Empedocles and Aristotle would be right instead of Democritus? If we were surrounded by the 4 elements instead of a swarm of atoms, and everything would be shaped by its Form?
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Epic, grave, cool and richly built.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jacek Dukaj
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 528
- Publisher
- Wydawnictwo Literackie
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- Polish
- ISBN
- 9788308034811
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