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World History

eppur_se_muova

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1. It wasn't just 'stuff' -- it was knowledge, and intellectual and artistic achievement.

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 09:49 AM

Aug 2020

"If no use is made of the labours of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge." -- Cicero

The destruction of old manuscripts was a crime against humanity. Their value was in their content, regardless of their worth to collectors qua manuscripts.

Talk about "throwing out the baby with the bathwater".

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As the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, watch out [View all] safeinOhio Aug 2020 OP

It wasn't just 'stuff' -- it was knowledge, and intellectual and artistic achievement. eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #1

Historical items are worth saving if safeinOhio Aug 2020 #2