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“You begin in light, and end in wisdom, if the Gods prevail. Otherwise, light.”
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“But he who, having no touch of the Muses' madness in his soul, comes to the door and thinks that he will get into the temple by the help of art—he, I say, and his poetry are not admitted; the sane man disappears and is nowhere when he enters into rivalry with the madman.”
― Phaedrus
― Phaedrus
“Schrift ohne den zu ihr gehörigen Schlüssel eben nicht Schrift ist sondern Leben.”
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“Listen,' I said finally, 'when are you going to leave?”
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Doch Scheide das Nein nicht vom Ja.”
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Doch Scheide das Nein nicht vom Ja.”
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Classical music lovers
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Our fast-growing classical music group is sometimes erudite - and maybe a little eccentric - but we aim never to be exclusive. Classical music is a g ...more
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Irish Lit & Times
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Celtic peoples and lovers of the Irish alike, gather to sing our songs of joyous melancholia! Come discuss anything related to any Irish author, and f ...more
Medieval Philosophy
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Augustine, Averroes, Avicena, Boethius, Eriugena, Anselm, Abelard, Aquinas, Scotus, Eckhart -- who wants to help me figure them all out?
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This book group reads nonfiction books on various topics in medieval European history, both academic and popular history. Group reads can last from on ...more
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