Top Hellenism Quotes
Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called , or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing. The only worthwhile miracle in th...
Christopher Hitchens
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food, religion, inspiration, writing, atheism, reading, christianity, wine, miracles, brotherhood
One of the questions asked by al-Balkhi, and often repeated to this day, is this: Why do the children of Israel continue to suffer? My grandmother Dodo thought it was because the were jealous. The se...
Christopher Hitchens
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jealousy, religion, war, self respect, children, martyrdom, atheism, suffering, christianity, wine
Hellenism Definition
(n.) A phrase or form of speech in accordance with genius and construction or idioms of the Greek language; a Grecism.
(n.) The type of character of the ancient Greeks, who aimed at culture, grace, and amenity, as the chief elements in human well-being and perfection.
The failure of Hellenism has been, largely, a matter of organization. Rome never tried to impose any sort of worship upon the countries it conquered and civilized; in fact, quite the contrary, Rome wa...
Gore Vidal
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religion, philosophy, paganism, ecumenism, eclecticism, julian, hellenism, 362, formalism, mystery religions