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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
“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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“The more of the truth the subject manages to master, the more the truth overmasters it.”
― Theo-Logic: Theological Logical Theory
― Theo-Logic: Theological Logical Theory
“What you scream in your heart does not become a prayer until you have said your Pater noster without deceit.”
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“This universal, which is at one and the same time the true and the good, cannot be honored as the true—we cannot enter into intimate union with it, discover its traces, and yield ourselves to its mighty sway—unless we recognize it and serve it equally as the good.”
― The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
― The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods
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