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Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called entheos, or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing. The only worthwhile miracle in the New Testament—the transmutation of water into wine during the wedding at Cana—is a tribute to the persistence of Hellenism in an otherwise austere Judaea. The same applies to the seder at Passover, which is obviously modeled on the Platonic symposium: questions are asked (especially of the
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― Hitch 22: A Memoir
― Hitch 22: A Memoir
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We are the Bloodsworn, closer than kin. A brotherhood, a sisterhood: we live and die together.
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― The Shadow of the Gods
― The Shadow of the Gods
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