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Love how diversely and widely read you are
I try! That Mark Twain piece about travel being fatal to narrow-mindedness and prejudice, I think it applies to literature as well. Spreading out one's interests makes for a more lovely "tree".
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What did he mean by this?
Blake is unfortunately a gap in my reading his paintings definitely have the dark Gothic edge compared to the idealized beauty a lot of Ancient Greek art has. I wonder if it was controversial opinion at the time?
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>_> is that true?
With a cursory search it does seem like there were only a few notable mathematicians during Ancient Rome compared to Ancient Greece. I haven't summoned anyone in awhile so lemme give it a try:
@HannibalBarca3
, do you have any insight on the subject?