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nemo s library classics digests reflections and reviews skip to content nemo s library classics digests reflections and reviews search for home about author index patristics reading room great books of the western world why am i a christian for the love of travel gibbon how augustus undermined the constitution of rome nature s lessons on faith ii tolstoy s oak tree classics vitruvius ten books on architecture dedication to augustus when i saw that you imperator caesar were giving your attention not read more conversation and reflection why am i a christian for the love of travel the greek word for to come and to go ερχομαι is the third most used read more latest post why am i a christian for the love of travel posted on july 26 2025 the greek word for to come and to go ερχομαι is the third most used verb in the greek new testament after ειμι to be and λεγω to speak if my word counting program works properly it is also the first command god gives in the bible that cones with a great reward as abraham was commanded to go from your country the word in the septuagint is ἀνέρχομαι the read more why am i a christian ii longing for goodness posted on april 29 2025 i would have lost heart unless i had believed that i would see the goodness of the lord in the land of the living psalm 27 13 let there be justice for as long as i can remember i have believed in justice that good ultimately triumphs over evil injustice real or perceived was the only cause of suffering in my otherwise sheltered life but it never occurred to me that read more why am i a christian i the choice of a lifetime posted on january 27 2025 last updated on february 10 2025 background and disclaimer over the past few years i ve come across many christians in online forums who are struggling with their belief most of them like the young reader who posted thoughtful comments here recently never really examined the faith they grew up with until they became young adults and were exposed to arguments and theories that challenge their belief for the first time i m posting this personal testimony on read more gibbon how augustus undermined the constitution of rome posted on november 30 2024 the obvious definition of a monarchy seems to be that of a state in which a single person by whatsoever name he may be distinguished is intrusted with the execution of the laws the management of the revenue and the command of the army a martial nobility and stubborn commons possessed of arms tenacious of property and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a read more nature s lessons on faith a guide for the despondent posted on november 9 2024 last updated on december 5 2024 in a previous post i wrote about how a person would draw lessons on faith from nature as shown in prince andrew s encounter with the oak tree in tolstoy s war and peace similar encounters are scattered throughout the novel tolstoy believes that communion with nature is necessary if man is to live with integrity not just to survive he could not have written about such communion so vividly if he read more nature s lessons on faith ii tolstoy s oak tree posted on october 16 2024 at the edge of the road stood an oak probably ten times the age of the birches that formed the forest ten times as thick and twice as tall as they it was an enormous tree its girth twice as great as a man could embrace and some of its branches had been broken off and its bark scarred with its huge ungainly limbs sprawling unsymmetrically and its gnarled hands read more gibbon the decline and fall of the roman empire posted on january 3 2024 last updated on january 13 2024 emperor augustus the principal conquests of the romans were achieved under the republic and the emperors for the most part were satisfied with preserving those dominions which had been acquired by the policy of the senate the active emulations of the consuls and the martial enthusiasm of the people the seven first centuries were filled with a rapid succession of triumphs but it was reserved for augustus to relinquish the read more 1 2 3 77 follow nemo s library x goodreads subscribe via email enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign up join 166 other subscribers recent comments denightflyer1 on the divine comedy xi the problem of eternal punishment nemo on plato s conception of god tyler agyemang on plato s conception of god nemo on david bentley hart that all shall be saved greg on david bentley hart that all shall be saved select topics aristotle augustine of hippo beauty christopher alexander cicero city of god constitution dante death descartes earliest new testament manuscripts euripides evolution faith freedom friendship government grief identity immanuel kant immortality incarnation john calvin julius caesar justice kierkegaard leo tolstoy leuven database of ancient books loeb classical library love new testament virtual 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