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• Beauty is the disinterested one, without which the ancient world refused to understand itself, a word which both imperceptibly and yet unmistakably… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
• Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to… — Stephen Jay Gould
• What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern: the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men the useful… — Benjamin Disraeli
• There is no justification for the common claim that Christianity was responsible for the abolition of slavery. The Negro slave trade -… — Margaret E. Knight
• Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment,… — Unknown Author
• The greatness of Christianity did not lie in attempted negotiations for compromise with any similar philosophical opinions in the ancient world, but… — Adolf Hitler
• The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and serene was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges… — Adolf Hitler
• For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and,… — Mark Steyn
• Astrology's roots lie in an ancient world-view which perceived the universe as a single living organism, animated by divine order and intelligence. — Liz Greene
• The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features… — Henri Pirenne
• While many have doubted the accuracy of the Bible, time and continued research have consistently demonstrated that the Word of God is… — Norman Geisler
• Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the… — Eliphas Levi

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