French theologian Pierre Charron on the fear of death and the sameness of days

Cowards... are angry that they die young... they are sorry to leave everyone behind, and why? You have seen it all here: one day is like all days; there is no other light, no other night, no different sun, no different order in the world: at most, one may see everything in a year: in the course of it you behold the youth, the adolescence, the mature age and the old age of the world: the art consists in beginning again from the beginning.

The sixteenth-century French theologian Pierre Charron

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the

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French theologian Pierre Charron on the fear of death and the sameness of days

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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