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"Surprising what two months of study can do! I’m about halfway through this one. The lack of kanji makes some of the meanings harder to recognize, though the hiragana makes it generally easier to read. A lot of words and structure repeat, so a great beginner book." — Feb 01, 2024 04:40PM
"Surprising what two months of study can do! I’m about halfway through this one. The lack of kanji makes some of the meanings harder to recognize, though the hiragana makes it generally easier to read. A lot of words and structure repeat, so a great beginner book." — Feb 01, 2024 04:40PM
“But one aspect of Revelation must not be allowed to exclude or to obscure another; and Christianity is dogmatical, devotional, practical all at once; it is esoteric and exoteric; it is indulgent and strict; it is light and dark; it is love, and it is fear.”
― An Essay On the Development Of Christian Doctrine: Theology
― An Essay On the Development Of Christian Doctrine: Theology
“I never read to kill time. Killing time is like killing someone's wife or a child. There is nothing more precious for me than time.”
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“In Rome, I had nearly five thousand volumes in my library. By reading and re-reading them, I discovered that one hundred and fifty books, carefully chosen, give you, if not a complete summary of human knowledge, at least everything that it is useful for a man to know. I devoted three years of my life to reading and re-reading these hundred and fifty volumes, so that when I was arrested I knew them more or less by heart. In prison, with a slight effort of memory, I recalled them entirely. So I can recite to you Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Livy, Tacitus, Strada, Jornadès, Dante, Montaigne, Shakespeare,
Spinoza, Machiavelli and Bossuet; I mention only the most important …’
I have to admit that my historical work is my favourite occupation. When I go back to the past, I forget the present. I walk free and independently through history, and forget that I am a prisoner.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
Spinoza, Machiavelli and Bossuet; I mention only the most important …’
I have to admit that my historical work is my favourite occupation. When I go back to the past, I forget the present. I walk free and independently through history, and forget that I am a prisoner.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
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