Somnium Scipionis ("The Dream of Scipio") - Marcus Tullius Cicero [Pearman Translation]
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Somnium Scipionis ("The Dream of Scipio"), a narrative making up nearly the whole of what survives of Book VI of De Re Publica (54-51 BCE) by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Recited from memory by Henry Silver
Translation by W. D. Pearman: www.tertullian...
What an intriguing piece of art, ancient art. I didn't know how the ancients saw the world and some things shocked me to the bones. Don't pause. Imagine and feel those words till the end. Fantastic adventure!
Fascinating. I did not expect Cicero the practical to write with such depth and colour. Surely Dante got some of his material for the Paradiso from this?
Greetings fellow Earthbound! Interesting that Cicero got the idea of heavenly bodies being spherical correct.
Curious
@@HenryBSilver_EnriqueEPlata I just mean that it’s sort of odd. I understand where he’s coming from but still, to someone of our age it seems curious. It is both close and remote at the same time.
So what, nothing you do matters
We all die,