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Fig. 1 Trio of Symbols. In various works of art, artists portray the human struggle or gamble in the quest for what often remains elusive: finding meaning and beauty, but always in the shadow of fate. That “in-between” defines the human condition. Zarathustra’s prologue declares that “Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the übermensch–a rope over an abyss.” And Alexis Ivanovitch triumphantly says, “I had dared so to risk, and behold, again I was a member of mankind!”#
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