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"I'm rereading under the Herbert Jordan translation (OU Press, 2008), which uses a principle of one line of English for each line of Greek. Each line is then fairly loose, keeping an iambic pentameter where possible. The text is immediate and immersive so far. I plan to read a book a day." — Aug 27, 2025 09:26AM
"I'm rereading under the Herbert Jordan translation (OU Press, 2008), which uses a principle of one line of English for each line of Greek. Each line is then fairly loose, keeping an iambic pentameter where possible. The text is immediate and immersive so far. I plan to read a book a day." — Aug 27, 2025 09:26AM
“Boni vero et boni, si perfecti sunt, inter se pugnare non possunt.
Truly the good and the good, if they are perfect, cannot strive among themselves.”
― City of God
Truly the good and the good, if they are perfect, cannot strive among themselves.”
― City of God
“The power of being and of its ineliminable qualities is stronger than any human nihilism that would liquidate them, and with them, the being in which they inhere.”
― Theo-Logic: Theological Logical Theory
― Theo-Logic: Theological Logical Theory
“Nam et omni miraculo, quod fit per hominem, maius miraculum est homo.
For man himself is a greater miracle than any miracle performed by man.”
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For man himself is a greater miracle than any miracle performed by man.”
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