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Iain Pears Quotes

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Iain Pears
“The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.”
― Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio
tags: avignon, black-plague, christians, clement-vi, dream-of-scipio, gaul, holocaust, iain-pears, jews, late-antiquity-rome, provence, vichy-france, wwii
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Jen Campbell
“Art and science are made when people are terrified that they are going to die. (about "Arcadia" by Iain Pears)”
― Jen Campbell
tags: arcadia, iain-pears, youtube
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