Alamut could be reached only astride eagles.
All I know about the Jews is what my grandfather taught me. They are the most godless people, he used to say. They start off from the idea that good must happen here, not beyond the grave. Therefore,...
Among the many certainties whose lack he complained of, one alone is present, and it is that all things appear to us as they appear to us, and it is impossible for them to appear otherwise.
An we, inhabitants of the great coral of the Cosmos, believe the atom (which still we cannot see) to be full matter, whereas, it too, like everything else, is but an embroidery of voids in the Void, a...
And don't succumb too much to the spell of these cases. I have seen many other fragments of the cross, in other churches. If all were genuine, our Lord's torment could not have been on a couple of pla...
And from this springs the extraordinary question: Did the Egyptians know about electricity?
And he continues: Thus it is increasingly necessary you recognize that other congregations of material bodies exist elsewhere in the universe, like this of our world, which the ether encircles in eage...
And in that city Ferrante's rise began, at the outer edge of the Spanish court, where he learned that the virtue of sovereigns is their caprice, and Power is an insatiable monster, to be served with s...
And since I wanted you to feel as pleasurable the one thing that frightens us—namely, the metaphysical shudder—I had only to choose (from among the model plots) the most metaphysical and philosophical...
Aristotle says in the book of secrets that communicating too many arcana of nature and art breaks a celestial seal and many evils can ensue. Which does not mean that secrets must not be revealed, but...
Bacon was right in saying that the conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.
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But Roberto already knew what the Jesuit's real objection would be. Like that of the abbe on that evening of the duel when Saint-Savin provoked him: If there are infinite worlds, the Redemption can no...
But if Mother Theresa went to collect all the prizes she is awarded, the death rate in Calcutta would soar.
By reading narrative, we escape the anxiety that attacks us when we try to say something true about the world. This is the consoling function of narrative — the reason people tell stories, and have to...
Daha sonra Lia şöyle diyecekti bana: Yüzeyde yaşıyorsun sen. Bazen derin görünüyorsan, bunun nedeni, derinlik,katılık etkisi yaratmak için yüzeyleri iç içe geçirmen: ayakta duramayacak bir katılık.Yüz...
Dov’è che due treni che s’incrociano non ripartono entrambi dopo essere arrivati?
During the day you will approach the frog several times and will utter words of worship. And you will ask it to work the miracles you wish.... Meanwhile you will cut a cross on which to sacrifice it....
El autor debería morirse después de haber escrito su obra. Para allanarle el camino al texto.
El caso es que los periódicos no están hechos para difundir sino para encubrir noticias. Sucede el hecho X, no puedes obviarlo, pero, como pone en apuros a demasiada gente, en ese mismo número te marc...
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