How Putin Convinced the World That Evil Does Exist
THE DEVIL’S JIGSAW
Putin’s behavior over the past year has been so wild it destroyed every contemporary diplomatic and military certainty. Now it’s driving us to ask the biggest questions of all.
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It’s one of the oldest philosophical debates in history: does evil exist?
Humankind’s original word for evil, 𒉆𒅆𒌨—pronounced namhul—emerged 6,000 years ago in Sumer, one of the cradles of civilization located within the borders of modern-day Iraq.
