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| − | In Talmudic tradition, the thirty-six righteous men whose purpose is to justify the existence of mankind to God. Jorge Luis Borges mentions them in his famous [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525069909/103-7419167-3786207 Book of Imaginary Beings]. The actual entry from the | + | In Talmudic tradition, the thirty-six righteous men whose purpose is to justify the existence of mankind to God. Jorge Luis Borges mentions them in his famous [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525069909/103-7419167-3786207 Book of Imaginary Beings]. The actual entry from the ''Book'' appears [http://www.hum.au.dk/romansk/borges/vakalo/zf/html/body_the_lamed_wufniks.html here]. |
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In Talmudic tradition, the thirty-six righteous men whose purpose is to justify the existence of mankind to God. Jorge Luis Borges mentions them in his famous Book of Imaginary Beings. The actual entry from the Book appears here.