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Zoe and Theodora part 20

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Only a fraction of these duties was reserved for himself. Instead, he chose a life of pleasure and luxury, as if it were his...

Zoe and Theodora part 19

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46. At that first interview, my words were distinguished neither by their fluency nor by their elegance, but I told him about my family...

Zoe and Theodora part 18

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43. Today, in fact, neither Athens, nor Nicomedeia, nor Alexandria in Egypt, nor Phoenicia, nor even the two Romes (the ancient and lesser Rome,...

Zoe and Theodora part 17

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Its aim is rather to explore the nature of the universe, to unravel its secrets. Its lofty dictums are not even confined to the...

Zoe and Theodora part 16

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From Proclus I intended to proceed to more advanced studies — metaphysics, with an introduction to pure science, — so I began with an...

Zoe and Theodora part 15

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I soon mastered the rhetoric enough to be able to distinguish the central theme of an argument and logically connect it with my main...

Zoe and Theodora part 14

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32. No man was better endowed by Nature with qualities that endeared him to his subjects. He was a good mixer, winning everyone’s affections...

Zoe and Theodora part 13

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The doors of the senate were thrown open to nearly all the rascally vagabonds of the market, and the honour was conferred not on...

Zoe and Theodora part 12

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Consider how brief are the moments when the sea is calm and peaceful, and how at other times it is swollen, or lashed by...

Zoe and Theodora part 11

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26. Such is the method I have adopted in composing eulogies of Constantine, but now that I have undertaken to write a history, this...

Mardin Stonemasonry

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