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In the year 416 BC, the Athenians divided the rest of the world into two basic categories – enemies and people they hadn’t met yet.
“It took three days and nights to get through the marshes and the army suffered much in the process, the men finding it difficult to rest on the muddy ground so that some were only able to sleep by lying on pack saddles, or the corpses of the many baggage mules which collapsed and died during the journey.”
― The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC
― The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC
“And for things sprung from earth, they must
Return unto their parent dust,
While those from heavenly seed which rise
Are borne uplifted to the skies.
Nought that has once existed dies,
Though often what has been combined
Before, we separated find,”
― Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria
Return unto their parent dust,
While those from heavenly seed which rise
Are borne uplifted to the skies.
Nought that has once existed dies,
Though often what has been combined
Before, we separated find,”
― Complete Works of Philo of Alexandria
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